I'll get to the reason for the title in a minute. I'd like to start by addressing the elephants in the room that seemed to be grossly overlooked in this film. The first would be the effects of the leak, and second, her motivation.
Like most leakers/whistleblowers, I actually support this leak. There seemed to be a disturbing number of things the government was doing in this timeframe (eg. The NSA collecting emails/calls from Americans) that IMHO needed to be exposed. So, good for her. I think the film played to this. I'm unaware that the sources and methods revealed in this case are important, and I'd reverse my opinion if any US interests were harmed.
Her motivation was never overtly touched on other than an agent telling us she hated America. I don't know if this is/was actually true, but there is enough evidence that the film glosses over. This is important and I think shows bias. Daniel Ellsberg was willing to leak and take responsibility. He loved the country and hated its faults. Snowden, leaked and ran to our adversary. Seems more like a spy, even if his leak should have occurred (other than anything that helped Russia of course).
Lastly, this is perhaps one of the most boring 'exposes' I've ever seen. I fail to see any redeeming values in the 'acting'. How long are we expected to pay attention to talk about the cat and dog?? The FBI agents are shown to be Keystone cops, while Reality at best is - in Lenins term - a useful idiot.
Like most leakers/whistleblowers, I actually support this leak. There seemed to be a disturbing number of things the government was doing in this timeframe (eg. The NSA collecting emails/calls from Americans) that IMHO needed to be exposed. So, good for her. I think the film played to this. I'm unaware that the sources and methods revealed in this case are important, and I'd reverse my opinion if any US interests were harmed.
Her motivation was never overtly touched on other than an agent telling us she hated America. I don't know if this is/was actually true, but there is enough evidence that the film glosses over. This is important and I think shows bias. Daniel Ellsberg was willing to leak and take responsibility. He loved the country and hated its faults. Snowden, leaked and ran to our adversary. Seems more like a spy, even if his leak should have occurred (other than anything that helped Russia of course).
Lastly, this is perhaps one of the most boring 'exposes' I've ever seen. I fail to see any redeeming values in the 'acting'. How long are we expected to pay attention to talk about the cat and dog?? The FBI agents are shown to be Keystone cops, while Reality at best is - in Lenins term - a useful idiot.