i survived a zombie holocaust is a 2014 horror film that was directed and written by guy pigden , and is his feature film directorial debut .

the film had its world premiere on 16 august 2014 in dunedin , new zealand .

filming for i survived a zombie holocaust took place in dunedin and was credited by its producer zoe hobson as being " the first new zealand film commission-funded feature to be made in dunedin with a local cast and crew in 15 years . "

i survived a zombie holocaust

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i wasn’t enjoying “i survived a zombie holocaust” anyway . its stale jokes fell flat . its plotline was derivative . but i worried i was leaning towards a harsh opinion because i had a difficult time focusing what with my eyes rolling every time i had to listen to the fool next to me play mst3k .
i survived a zombie holocaust follows what happens when a group of real zombies take over the set of a zombie film , with a young runner the first to realise what ' s happening .
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i really sincerely hope that this could be the next peter jackson ' s brain dead – you know , guy pigden ' s i survived a zombie holocaust ,
says actor harley neville .
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i survived a zombie holocaust will premiere on august 16 in the dunedin town hall , during the new dunedin city council - sponsored dundead festival , celebrating pop culture and science .
ultimately i survived a zombie holocaust turned out to be an unexpected gem of a movie , one that i would recommend to fans of peter jackson’s early work ( and those that liked zombie women of satan – there has to be some of you out there ) .
marking the upcoming world premiere of i survived a zombie holocaust in dunedin yesterday are ( from left ) levi spurr , charlotte morgan , zoe hobson and aaron kearney . photo by linda robertson .
several months ago i found i survived a zombie holocaust on facebook and was very impressed with the poster artwork and trailer for the film . i reached out to them and they were kind enough to send me a review link . sadly , i completely forgot to check my messages after that and their reply went unnoticed until now . thanks guys for letting me check this one out and i am sorry i missed your reply .
from 38 pictures and funded by the new zealand film commision , comes guy pigden’s i survived a zombie holocaust , which now has an official facebook ( with a few images ) and the following teaser trailer .
i love these old zombie movies ! this was a great cheesy movie that made me laugh .
i survived a zombie holocaust is a small budget indie flick zombie comedy and my gosh did i find that movie charming . i mean , it mashes up the hakka with a call back to night of the living dead . harley neville and jocelyn christian put a lot of heart into a well written set of roles ( written and directed by guy pigden ) in a fun rompy zombie comedy . if you ' ve ever enjoyed a zombie movie or three , give this one a watch . of all the movies i watched this year , i ' ve carried the most water for it because i earnestly love it . and i want more people to see it .
the meek shall inherit the earth ! well in this new zealand zombie flick they do . i caught this on the tube the other night and i have to admit after a mediocre start i ended up . . .
finally , the film has several on screen kills . the kills are nothing that stick out but they are gory and fun as hell . the film has some great practical effects as well that make these kills amazing . overall , i survived a zombie holocaust is a zombie comedy that has more laughs as it does gore scenes . if you like your zombie films funny then i recommend checking this one out !
“i survived a zombie holocaust” boasts a number of terrific gore gags , particularly a severed limb cauterization , a zombie film staple we’ve all seen before that is nonetheless painfully sizzling . though taking the top prize as the single most memorable moment is a shot of an infected penis guaranteed to make every male viewer cup his crotch in squirming sympathy .
sure , we ' ve seen some local releases : recent dance flick born to dance , heavy metal splatter comedy deathgasm , zombie meta - comedy i survived a zombie holocaust , parody sequel ghost shark 2 : urban jaws ; we played small parts in making slow west and turbo kid happen as well .
not great but not totally horrible . i ' m biased as i like zombie films and stuff coming out of new zealand and australia are pretty ok these days .
although it’s overall lack of creativity can only level it 3 stars , i survived a zombie holocaust is a worthy tongue - in - cheek examination of the zombie genre , working well as a love letter to a genre that guy pigden must certainly admire . it’s a very silly , but highly entertaining low - budget flick that’s propelled by a devoted cast and sharp script .
horror - comedies , or “horrordies” as a character in “i survived a zombie holocaust” dubs the subgenre , usually aren’t my cup of tea . so in addition to making that disclaimer ahead of time , i sometimes calibrate my objectivity by keying into reactions of fellow audience members to gauge how the humor reads to those with presumably more of an appreciation for horror - based goofs than i may have .
i survived a zombie holocaust follows a runner called wesley ( yes , he is as hopeless as his name sounds ) as he embarks on his first day on the set of a low - budget zombie film . little do he and the rest of the cast and crew know , that a real zombie apocalypse is on the horizon and the set is about to be overwhelmed with the undead – for real .
broadly ( in every sense ) funny , and with a good heart to match all the blood and guts , i survived a zombie holocaust is an infectiously self - consuming artifact from the land of the haka - not just a ( nother ) romzomcom , but also a savvy ' meta weta ' .
crew . likely less than 10 % of a crew of 1 , 100 survived .
now a zombie , adam attacks . wesley kills adam , but is bitten in the process . susan prepares to reluctantly shoot wesley , but he reasons that they can stop the infection by severing his bitten hand and cauterizing the wound . wesley and susan then escape together and go on to make a docudrama about their experience titled “i survived a zombie holocaust . ”
writer - director guy pigden is banking on smp being wrong , because his own feature debut , i survived a zombie holocaust , is not unlike the film that wesley is describing ( and smp is dismissing ) . of course , local history is on pigden ' s side , as…
imagine you are tasked with creating a comedy that takes place behind - the - scenes on a film set , and your first assignment is to come up with characters based on every hollywood stereotype imaginable . write those down and see if your list doesn’t match the clichéd character roster of “i survived a zombie holocaust . ”
the last film of the night in the main screen was new zealand comedy i survived a zombie holocaust . wesley ( harley neville ) is an aspiring screenwriter who gets a job as a runner on a zombie film overseen by a tyrannical director . after suffering a series of embarrassments , it seems like wesley’s first day can’t get any worse . he’s wrong , of course , and the film’s method actor doesn’t have to pretend anymore , as a real - life zombie horde attacks the film crew .
i survived a zombie holocaust will hit home with anyone who came out of film school or studied film at university and their experiences as a runner on their first film set . the runner in question is the mild and meek wesley , who has aspirations of being a writer and is using this zombie movie set as a way to spread around his script , which is also a zombie movie . after he goes through a traumatic time of mishaps and accidents , a real - life zombie apocalypse breaks out and now he has to go from runner to action hero .
like a preprogrammed robot or laboratory - trained monkey reacting as his master expects , this idiot “ewwwwed” on cue any time something gross appeared onscreen , “awwwwed” during any and all tenderhearted moments , and yelled “woooo ! ” whenever something explosive took place like an ax being driven into a zombie’s skull . what this confirmed was that “i survived a zombie holocaust” was in fact pandering to predictably pedestrian appeal . his reactions were reflexive rather than responsive . as his alcohol - fueled enthusiasm waned into more politely toned reactions out of presumed deference to the filmmakers seated somewhere in the same theater , it became clear that “i survived a zombie holocaust” was incapable of sustaining the interest of even an easily - entertained nitwit .
even thought the film is infused with over - the - top ridiculousness and a script that pokes fun at the genre , i survived a zombie holocaust still pays “respect” to those genre films that have come before it . featuring nods to romero’s zombie films , 28 days later , evil dead , apocalypse now and more , this film is like a movie geeks wet dream . the film starts with a fourth - wall breaking zombie “movie” and ends on a similar slant and in between is some of the wittiest and smuttiest humour i’ve seen in a horror movie in some time .
as a product of a post - modern world where creativity is almost as dead as the film’s zombies , guy pigden’s i survived a zombie holocaust proves that enjoyment can still be had when almost nothing is unique . the film works wonderfully as a meta acceptance that there is pretty much nothing left to do with the zombie genre . from the characterisation , to the location and the unabashedly self - referential script , this film is not trying to do anything different , because we’ve had enough zombie parodies , comedies and romances to last us a lifetime . i survived a zombie holocaust is about appreciating the genre for what it used to be and the place it is now , questioning what is next for a horror sub - genre that is running out of steam . and it’s quite the joyous journey to travel on , because it’s a ridiculous and gory ride of enjoyable ridiculousness .
a zombie movie within a zombie apocalypse within a zombie movie . i have to say that i never find this movie boring and i have seen if several times . this is a comedy that is meant to be a comedy . no attempt at reality or seriousness as the zombies hunt for brains . there are just too many twists and turns to comment on . all of the twists and jokes are interconnected and are done with typical commonwealth humor . it is laughs and chuckles all through the film .
i love when horror and comedy collides in the zombie apocalypse . romero and so many others made some of the most entertaining zombie films and they were damn near perfect because they were serious in nature . too many films try to capture that sense of foreboding and dread only to fail . with comedies , they never take themselves too seriously , and have fun with the idea of the dead coming back to life . these films are generally fun in nature but offer nothing new to the sub - genre . i survived a zombie holocaust is another great horror comedy set in the backdrop of a zombie outbreak that offers some laughs and gore .
which highlights the weaknesses of different kinds of government when responding to a zombie outbreak .
plus writer / director guy pidgen has brought toilet humour back to the zombie movie – it’s like zombie women of satan all over again ( and yes , i was one of the few that liked that movie back at 2009′s frightfest ) . yes some of it comes across as incredibly childish in a “look at me i’m making a joke about shit” way but hell , that’s what i liked about it !
i ' ll say right away , just to get my bias up front : i love zombies . in just about anything . so i loved this movie . sure , it ' s not the end - all , be - all of zombie movies . and it ' s not meant to be . it ' s not meant to taken seriously . it ' s a comedy with a few ( very few ) serious parts . so , i rate it as a comedy . with zombies that i love .
as i said in my review of housebound , new zealand has , over the years , become renown for producing some superb horror films . from the early work of peter jackson and his films bad taste and braindead ; to the more recent frightfest flicks the loved ones and this years housebound . but , and i don’t say this lightly , all of those pail in comparison to i survived a zombie holocaust – a perfect mix of horror and comedy that resonated with me more than any film at this years frightfest ( so far ) .
in recent years , several ant timpson - produced films have played bifan , including turbo kid which picked up the best director gong in 2015 ( for francois simard , anouk and yoann - karl whissell ) . gerard johnstone’s housebound , guy pigden’s i survived a zombie holocaust , james cunningham’s short accidents , blunders & calamities and steven baker’s short a love story are also among recent selections .
when i was in middle school and high school i had started to leave behind my tastes for vampire flicks and found myself fascinated with zombie comedies . i loved to watch my boyfriend’s back , dead & breakfast , dead next door , dead alive , and the goosebumps episode welcome to dead house . this is a phase that i never actually grew out of and still find myself checking these out today even with the huge influx of zombie flicks popping up every where due to the walking dead .
written and directed by guy pidgen , making his feature film debut , i survived a zombie holocaust takes all that is good about new zealand comedy - horror and ups the ante . the script is incredibly witty , there are a ton of “in - jokes” for genre fans and the main character is one of the most likeable heroes in a zom - com . in fact i could watch harley neville’s nebbish script - writer wannabe wesley over simon pegg’s layabout shaun any day of the week .
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zombie action in the alps : a group of young snowboarder is stuck in a remote mountain ski resort , where an all - night aprés - ski party soon turns into a hellish nightmare of zombie mayhem .
as mentioned earlier , it is unfair to compare every zomcom with shaun of the dead , but when a movie is as good as i survived a zombie holocaust , it should be worn with a badge of honour . it’s one of the funniest zombie comedies in recent memory ( apart from the tremoundous stalled ) and is a great example of how to get the genre right . a brilliant thrill ride that will make you laugh , make you hurl and can even make you cry – even if it’s just from laughing so much .
it seemed like that might be an impossibility at the screamfest premiere of “i survived a zombie holocaust , ” since seated to my immediate left was one of the drunkest , loudest , most obnoxious theater patrons one could ever experience the misfortune of having within arm’s reach . i’m talking the kind of loudmouth who howls and claps at every single gag , whether it is funny or not , or howls and claps simply if seven seconds has elapsed since the last time he howled and clapped .
a canonical example is the death star holocaust , i . e . the rank - and - file imperial troops , contractors , etc . that died when the rebellion blew up the first death star . in the
[ … ] new zealand has , over the years , become renown for producing some superb horror films . from the early work of peter jackson and his films bad taste and braindead ; to the more recent frightfest flicks the loved ones and this years housebound . but , and i don’t say this lightly , all of those pail in comparison to i survived a zombie holocaust – a perfect mix of horror and comedy that resonated with me more than any film at this years frightfest . full review . [ … ]
i survived a zombie holocaust was 100 minutes of pretty good fun and i think for the most part that was the main goal of the film . i think given the budget and experience of this cast and crew the film serves a purpose and has a place . does it excel in either the horror or comedy department ? probably not , but that’s no reason to write it off remember it’s not an easy thing to pull off that perfect blend . thankfully a technical success combined with the comedic timing of both harley and jocelyn and their ability to generate a chemistry that works for the most part makes this a good time ! keep an eye out for the film’s release next year .
a young runner , on a zombie film set , has the first day from hell when real zombies overrun the set .
one of the better zomedies i ' ve ever seen . super silly , but very funny .
merrill : we . . . we heard the dalish were given land in ferelden . is it true ? alistair : yes . i wish i could say that went better . merrill : why ? what happened ? alistair : it ' s . . . a long story . i intend to make it up to your people , however . i owe an old friend of mine too much to do otherwise .
but this is a zombie movie , so of course you want gore – and gore you get . from the blood - filled opening scene of the film they’re shooting to the movie’s own thrilling climax , i survived a zombie holocaust does not hold back at any point with its splatter , guts and infected members . because the movie doesn’t take itself too seriously , the high level of violence is akin to something like the aforementioned brain dead ( although it never pushes to those levels ) but it also has a serious heart and the drama that comes from the characters is very sweet .
but the bottom line is that “i survived a zombie holocaust” isn’t a fresh enough concept , and its broad comedy is too rote to resonate . it is also surprisingly slow to turn the corner into full - on apocalyptic mayhem . however , it is of course possible that those with more tolerant tastes in horror - comedy will laugh more than i did , although probably nowhere near as much as the boob in my row . no matter where in that range you might fall , you still won’t be reaching to put your copy of “shaun of the dead” into the trash bin anytime soon . when it comes to kiwi horrordy , i’ll stick with “housebound” ( review here ) .
in terms of horror , there’s nothing here that’s going to scare your socks off and that’s perfectly fine . nonetheless , there are some great gory moments that give the film a much - needed kick out of the straight comedy zone . just as the director says , “finally , something with real substance ! ” as he records real zombies for his film , horror fans will be relieved that i survived a zombie holocaust can deliver brilliantly bloody action to go with its witty writing .
zombie honeymoon is a gore - soaked exploration of how far the boundaries of true love can be pushed without reaching a breaking point .
i actually do ,
says actress reanin johannink .
it ' s a little bit hard to forget . it was may in dunedin in the freezing cold , and i was running around half the time in a singlet top .
good movie with funny moments . . . . and as good as any other zombie flick .
the zombie research society is using one of our most popular myths to explore the real world .
a zombie feature film produced in otago during the past three years will have its world premiere in dunedin next month .
any movie that comes with the tag of “zombie comedy” or “zomcom” will always be unfairly painted with the shaun of the dead comparison brush . last year’s superb stalled suffered the same fate as did other not - so - good attempts like cockneys vs . zombies . given the movie’s country of origin , comparing it to brain dead feels more apt , but in many ways i survived a zombie holocaust is a kiwi shaun of the dead . with that said , it deserves to be praised for much more than just being mentioned in the same sentence as peter jackson’s cult favourite and edgar wright’s bar setter .
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a zombie film shoot goes from bad to worse when members of the cast and crew catch a mystery illness , turning them into real zombies .
the cast and crew of a low - budget horror film struggle to escape their shooting location when a real - life zombie apocalypse breaks out .
look at what i found in the fruit bowl today . eyes , nose and even scary teeth .
ultra magnus : it ' s the most beautiful thing i ' ve ever seen . hand me the bomb .
i like movies about making movies and horror movies and comedy . this was good the only thing was the obvious nerd - gets - the - girl at the end i could have done without other then that good popcorn munch movie .
the graveyard in the legend of zelda i appears in the same position as kakariko village in the legend of zelda a link to the past .
a zombie apocalypse , although in some works it ' s part of the underlying horror ( or helps the ambiance at any rate ) .
pidgin has a crafted an entertaining piece of genre filmmaking that embraces the history of zombie cinema whilst pricking a few bubbles of pretension potentially found in the cinematic world .
i recorded this on satellite tv but just had to leave a review while watching it . this is a comedy horror b - movie film with a small amount of nudity , including full frontal male .
in order for a zombie movie ( comedy or not ) to work , you have to fall in love with the main characters because you’ll want to see them survive . in the case of i survived a zombie holocaust , wesley is one of the most endearing and loveable dolts committed to the genre . he is a walking cliché of “dork” and his bumbling antics are nothing we haven’t seen before , but harley neville gives a wonderfully genuine performance and his sweet delivery of guy pigden’s hilarious script really wins you over . the rest of the characters range from brilliantly satirical to comedically wacky and everyone one of them is excellently written . even the most hateful of characters has a modicum of charm and they all have their own story and arc . it’s impressive to see and is something that is not seen often enough .
was responsible for making our zombies look so excellent , you ' ll be happy to hear that i saw many customers get frights .
a young runner , on a zombie film set , has the first day from hell when real zombies overrun the set . it held my interest for a while then ultimately fell - flat . . .
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moments from many other zombie classics are also borrowed , paid homage – however you’d like to put it . but it’s a self - aware story to begin with , as romero , raimi and john carpenter are all cited as inspirations by the “tonight they come” filmmakers , as was also obviously the case for the filmmakers behind i survived a zombie holocaust ( writer / director guy pidgen ) . wesley’s spec script , which he attempts to get into anyone’s hands is called “twilight of the dead” ( one of the titles oft - thrown around when romero was first chatting up a possible fourth entry in his “of the dead” series ) , some of the over - the - top zombie kills were straight out of peter jackson’s dead alive , and one bit in the farmhouse is clearly inspired by romero’s day of the dead . but it’s all in good fun , and these repeat gags are never taken as rip - offs , only as knowing tributes .
and galactic civilization is shown recovering and rebuilding . the holocaust , however , comes back in the low - ems ending . . . minus the
inferred
part .
schlozman ' s fascination comes down to what our zombie stories say about our brains , both when zombified and when trying to work out how to escape them . “we have these great big brains , and in every zombie film , we fail to use these brains . ” after schlozman’s wife was diagnosed with breast cancer , he found himself often unable to sleep , watching late night television as a way to relax . when night of the living dead was playing one night , it spurred him to write a fake medical paper about what a zombie brain would be like , which was then turned into a book with a cult following . for schlozman , this kind of dilemma was too fun to ignore – as he says , “you can ' t be a brain doctor , see a zombie ( especially the slow moving ones ) and not think about the brain” . as for survival , schlozman is almost philosophical - “homer survived as a blind poet in pretty barbaric times , ” schlozman says . “i ' d say that means we humans need more than ammunition and baked beans . ”
an actual zombie outbreak occurs in the wooded location / remote set of a low budget new zealand zombie movie ; “tonight they come” . the premise is simple and the film delivers on this inspired promise . it’s post - modern in a wes craven’s new nightmare kind of way – only this time , we’re focused on flesh - eaters .
given the low - budget of isazh , the production value is the first thing i want to mention . all the technical aspects of the film are as good as anything i’ve seen in the genre . the camera work is really professional and the cuts and edits are clever and snappy they help add to the comedic nature of the events depicted in the film . the audio is smooth and ultra - clear , the kiwi accent is one of those ones that grates on me so i like to make fun of it ( haha ) . this seemed to have a lot of over enunciating on purpose almost like a bit of a nod to the low - budget splettttter films ( see what i did there… ) , that peter jackson made back before he had money . i could definitely feel guy channeling some of that and i thought it was cool , after all you can’t be a new zealander and not have loved those early films like “braindead” and “bad taste” and guy applies that same kind of guerilla film making to this .
our zombies bevan read and hannah martin literally rounded up customers and herded them to the table , great job guys , i ' m going to give you a 100 % pay rise .
the comedy consists of mostly awkward scenes involving wesley and other crew members , in particular the chef susan ford ( christian ) , whom he has a crush on . poor wesley just can’t seem to say or do the right thing around her . a few jokes started out funny but carried on an extra minute or two and lost their initial gag . it’s a predictable kind of humour for anyone who has watched a horror comedy before , but that’s all you can ask for with a film like this . the film poster and introduction to the movie are great . i thought something seemed a little off in the opening scenes but then of course i realised what was happening . it’s played out a little bit like a soapie and then when the actors break character you realise whats going on . there are some cool but cheesy blood splatter effects and decent prosthetics . the action scenes were lacking and to be honest i was kind of hoping for more . i realise this is a blend of two genres and not meant to be taken seriously but in that case why not make it sillier and more over the top ? ? i think being such a huge fan of those early nz splatter films i find it difficult to view a film like this as its own thing .
the film isn’t the best thing since sliced zombie flesh , but it certainly is worth a look . some of the jokes fall flat , while others totally hit their mark .
being a zomcom from new zealand everyones obviously going to compare this to peter jacksons low budget comedy horror phase , which its first time director guy pigden clearly plays up to . but it also borrows heavily from the plot of lars von triers epidemic , with the meta spin of being a zombie outbreak movie that takes place on a zombie film production set thats being written as its filmed .
in post apocalyptic la being rampaged by zombie like cannibals humans that have some kind of genetic infection local man renchard is forced to live a daily struggle as he trys to locate radio signals and find a cure .
wesley ( harley neville ) is an aspiring screenwriter who takes a job as a runner on a zombie film . however something in the water supply soon means that life is imitating art as the production suffers a real zombie outbreak . written and directed by guy pigden , this kiwi comedy - horror harks back to the early films of peter jackson with its cheap and cheerful production values and a lead character who is a loveable loser . what ' s surprising is just how funny it is , the gags at the expense of the film production hitting the target every time , plus the zombie action is fun once that part of the story kicks in .
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wow , what the hell happened ? with barely any homegrown narrative features released in cinemas or straight - to - video , nz cinema has gone from a triumphant sprint to an embarrassing hobble . i guess we pulled a hammy or something .
while the walking dead might seem like a curious obsession for people with phd’s , schlozman is far from alone . he is a board member of the zombie research society ( zrs ) , a group formed in 2007 which is committed to the “historic , cultural and scientific study of the living dead” . it includes hundreds of thousands of zombie devotees around the world , working in film , the military and various scientific fields .
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. the ending shows at least some humans have survived some unspecified time after the game ' s events , but really , the vast majority of people who survived the initial blasts would have died of disease , starvation or exposure , and that ' s before considering the horrific damage done to the biosphere . as for the tasen , even in the best possible outcome only a handful survive , far too little to preserve the species . and it ' s implied
keep in mind that this is an inferred holocaust . if the work explicitly states that there ' s a horrible aftermath or if it ends on a cliffhanger ( for example , depicting an undetected bomb about to explode ) , then it isn ' t an example of this trope . also note that , despite the name , the
holocaust
doesn ' t have to involve massive death ; it could be as simple as a criminal getting away because the writers didn ' t give the good guys enough evidence to convict .
( oh , i completely forgot about the dead room ' s limited nationwide release . although , according to the nz box office , so did the rest of the country . )
' ' i ' m hugely excited the film is completed and it ' s fantastic that we ' re having the world premiere in dunedin , ' ' producer zoe hobson said yesterday .
the $ 250 , 000 budget film , written by dunedin director guy pigden and produced by dunedin company 38 films , is based around a b - grade zombie film set which is attacked by real zombies .
stef is wearing a long sleeve shirt in the elevator , then it is gone when walking down the hall , but it appears again in the lab where she takes it off before working on the zombie .
in the stinger of sunset overdrive , a fleet of helicopter drones takes off from the ruins of fizzco ' s headquarters to distribute their zombie apocalypse - inducing overcharge energy drink to the rest of the world .
smp recruits richard to help him continue filming the movie . richard is mauled by a zombie horde as part of an impromptu scene and smp allows himself to be killed on camera as part of his own movie .
the film isn’t the best thing since sliced zombie flesh , but it certainly is worth a look . some of the jokes fall flat , while others totally hit their mark . it’s this inconsistency in the punchlines which kept the film from rising high to rule the ranks of zombie - comedies . its obvious comparison would be the rom - zom - com classic shaun of the dead . it never reaches the brilliance which will leave shaun and his companions as forever beloved in our horror film memories , but it still has a fun concept , goofball antics , raw zombie goodness and characters you can root for .
despite the somewhat sombre implications of why we’re drawn to the zombie myth , zombie experts are in agreement that many kinds of scientific research , theorising and modelling are just more enjoyable when the undead are involved . some are jarringly practical , such as canadian researcher robert smith ? ’s ( yes , the question mark is part of his name ) textbook about how to survive a zombie apocalypse . it uses mathematical models to predict which populations would be worst affected , mainly dense and urban areas , which won ' t surprise anyone who ' s taken the london underground in winter .
a possible reason why audiences may see a
happy
ending as an esoteric happy ending . contrast inferred survival , and contrast no endor holocaust for when this possibility is nixed by word of god or subsequent material . for more general plot points that are chilling when contemplated at length , see fridge horror .
as you can imagine , there are wall - to - wall splatter effects to be found . and most of them are imaginative , uber - bloody and quite effective . and from what i know , this is the first time a zombie - to - be is infected through sexual intercourse with an undead co - ed – resulting in things you wouldn’t expect to actually see . but the film happily takes us there .
a new zealand production , this is about a new runner on a movie set who is nice and genuine and therefore gets all the crap jobs , including dealing with a method - actor who convinces himself ( per his movie - within - this - movie character ) that a zombie apocalypse is coming . and when it does , well , just look at the title . …
with a small monster population , a serial killer or the government could inflict a genocide on the entire monster population .
with all this work being done on the living dead , it might seem that the members of the zrs are enthusiastic about the prospects of a zombie outbreak . should we start hoarding food and invest in an underground bunker somewhere in north wales ?
“zombies feel so much more relevant and even potent as well as useful as a metaphor , ” schlozman says . “when you make them real , they ' re a nightmare . ” besides , as schlozman points out , there are “all sorts of more boring and frankly more dangerous ways to do ourselves in than a zombie outbreak” .
anyway , the gag is that the crew is filming a zombie movie in a remote new zealand location , so when an actual zombie outbreak infects the nearby town and spills over onto set , no one notices what is happening until all hell has already broken loose . that premise paves the way for slapstick setups involving characters oblivious to actual undead threats , and over - the - top actions that aren’t lampooning horror movie tropes so much as reusing them to redundant effect . writing wise , laughs are of a predominantly lowbrow variety , meaning buckle up for a lot of boner jokes and toilet humor .
for every civilization killed a thousand survived . if the blight had been allowed to spread unchecked , it would have become the only sentient being in the entirety of the beyond - a
stable necrosis
as one character put it . it was a cancer spreading through the galaxy , and the only way to kill cancer is to kill a bunch of noncancerous cells as well . . . . the countermeasure was a focused radiation beam on the grandest scale imaginable , a partition to the entire galaxy to isolate and kill the cancer .
the opening act starts pretty strong with good development in each of the characters personalities . most of the comedy works best in those early scenes and once it becomes evident an experiment has gone horribly wrong we get to the zombie aspect of the film but in the middle the script suffers and stumbles in momentum with a lack of action important to the progress of the story . the zombie sound effects and attention to detail is also evidently lacking , now that could be due to the low - budget or guy’s intentions may have been to keep it more comedic and not about the killing . the lack of detail is most noticeable in one of the main action sequences when the zombies in the film within the film are supposed to attack ( naturally it turns into a real attack from real zombies haha ) . i took particular notice of the makeup effects on a lot of the extras and the crew didn’t seem to bother with giving them each their own style or look and that’s just either a time / budget thing or maybe a pure lapse in attention to detail , but in zombie film most people would expect a bit better .
i could spend hours gathering some actual numbers from 2014 and 2015 to make this point stronger , but it ' s easier to state : we ' re not even getting a national film awards this year . instead , it ' s been pushed back to mid - 2016 .
the story for this one is , sadly , one we have seen before time and time again but it does take place on a movie set that does make it a little different than the other zombie comedies . the film also has tons of laughs and unexpected humor which is what is necessary to make a film entertaining when you lack originality .
you can ' t fault that reasoning , either . if we ignore both star ratings and statistics , we ' re still looking at a huge lack of diversity in this year ' s films . we have a dance film , a gory horror comedy , a zombie horror comedy , a shark horror parody , a paranormal horror , and a homage to the ' 80s . only born to dance makes a genuine attempt at drama , but even the biggest fan of the film couldn ' t say
it ' s this year ' s the dark horse !
it ' s a zombie film . . . but at its heart it ' s a love story ,
says nerdy novice runner wesley ( harley neville ) , trying to pitch a script to director smp ( andrew laing ) .
it also has a lot of comedic moments . it ' s a horr - edy . you ' re laughing one minute , you ' re jumping out of your seat the next .
in
time heist
, the solar storm causes a literal holocaust as waves of fire wash over the surface of the planet . the bank patrons are last seen shouting in alarm , and madame karabraxos flees with what valuables she can grab , an act that suggests that even her most secure vault will eventually be destroyed by the flare .
* * spoiler alert * * the film follows production gopher wesley ( neville ) who arrives on the set of a zombie flick where he meets a barrage of characters including a closeted action star , a diva known the world over for nice hooters , a former athlete , and an aspiring actress stuck at the craft’s table . wesley is trying hard to impress everyone on set but fails to do so over and over again after several incidents and a random boner during a sex scene which resulted in him being shunned and outcast from the cast and crew .
greg continues raving about the coming of zombies . jessica claims that a hand attempted to grab her when she used a makeshift toilet . wesley is tasked with digging jessica a different latrine . while using it , jessica is attacked by zombies and disappears . jessica and greg reemerge on set as real zombies and attack . an actual zombie outbreak begins when the extras start turning undead .
although not a
holocaust
exactly , in con air , garland greene manages to survive the events of the film , and is last seen happily engaged in casino gaming . as we all know , demented , crazed serial killers , don ' t just
get better
. had the movie run just a bit longer , we might have gotten to see him convert casino patrons into headgear .
blindness . how people survived the movie at all is a miracle in and of itself , several weeks without food or running water for at least the majority of the populace ( in the novel , the female lead is the only person to retain their sight ) . there are . . . surprisingly few corpses , considering how food production must have stopped entirely .
then i realized he wasn’t unfairly coloring my view of the film at all . he was actually enhancing my ability to see exactly what sort of person found it funny , and ended up being the perfect barometer for measuring how the movie worked as it rolled along .
army of darkness has this in both endings . in
i slept too long
, his problem is pretty obvious , and in
hail to the king
, deadites can still freely possess anyone , anywhere , and ash is essentially doomed to live in a randomly zombifying world . the comics rolled with this .
blue gender . a few humans have survived gaia ' s vengeance , and they can all live in harmony with mother nature , free at last of technology ; then the fridge logic sets in - the only survivors will be physically strong people so if you ' re physically disabled , blind , deaf , have a terminal disease , etc . then you ' re hosed ; mother nature hates you and you have no right to live .
a character or characters disappearing from the plot becomes this if they were last seen in a dangerous position .
most slasher movies portray anyone who doesn ' t believe in the killer doll , the killer cyborg , or the killer dream ghost as jackasses who deserve to die , but in reality , why would anyone ? there ' s a good chance that the heroes just survived freddy krueger or jason voorhees only to go to jail forever . imagine that you just walked into a crime scene with 10 people ' s entrails all over the floor and a blood - soaked sorority sister holding a butcher knife saying a reanimated corpse did it . would you take her seriously , and on the off chance that you did , do you think there ' s a judge , a defense attorney , and 12 other people who would agree with you ?
the original night of the living dead 1968 is less explicit in its implication that the remainder of humanity is doomed at the hands and mouths of hordes of zombies , and more implicit that the remainder of humanity will destroy itself due to paranoia and mob rule . at the end of the film , ben is the only survivor of his group . upon trying to signal a posse of gun - toting zombie hunters , he ' s mistaken for a zombie , shot in the head and killed . the posse piles him up with other dead zombies , specifically laying him next to the first zombie seen in the movie . the implication is that this posse will shoot first , ask questions later , a rather hopeless situation for ben and other surviving humans in his same position . there was also a mention of how the posse kept making their way into places heavily surrounded by zombies in order to find survivors , but never found any . meaning that no one was able to tell the living from the dead and just kept shooting on sight .


dishonorable disclosures is a 2012 american documentary film purporting to show that the administration of president barack obama has endangered lives by allegedly leaking information about the u.s. military raid that killed osama bin laden in 2011 .

the video was produced by the special operations opsec education fund inc , a 501 ( c ) ( 4 ) group which began a political ad campaign critical of president obama and showed the video in swing states in the months leading up to the 2012 presidential election in response , the obama campaign compared the film to the " swift boat " attacks against democratic presidential candidate john kerry in 2004 .

dishonorable disclosures

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more information about opsec and news about the release of “dishonorable disclosures” can be found at urltoken .
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we’d love your help . let us know what’s wrong with this preview of dishonorable disclosures by scott taylor .
charlie rose in a clip from “dishonorable disclosures , ” a 22 - minute video produced by former special operations and c . i . a . officers .
see supra §
jeffrey sterling , cia disclosures to new york times reporter james risen .
… obama’s slip in an interview with ksdk in st louis , missouri when he was asked about the new 22 - minute film ‘dishonorable disclosures’ by a group of former special forces troops and intelligence operatives .
that ' s the claim made by a group of former military and c . i . a . officers in the
dishonorable disclosures
video above , which aired on tv and has been viewed over 800 , 000 times on youtube .
the special operations opsec education fund inc , argues that high level obama administration’s leaks are damaging u . s . security . they make their case in a very well done documentary - style video called “dishonorable disclosures : how leaks and politics threaten national security . ”
the campaign will begin with the release of “dishonorable disclosures , ” a documentary short film that views the impact of the increasing number of leaks on intelligence and special operations missions , tradecraft , tactics and capabilities from the perspective of those who have relied on these tools to carryout similar missions and protect themselves and those they served alongside . the film will be shown at events in key states across the country over the next several months , including virginia , florida , ohio , colorado , north carolina and nevada . “dishonorable disclosures” can be seen here .
in a new documentary titled , “ dishonorable disclosures , ” former special forces personnel tell viewers that “countless leaks , decisions , and interviews by the obama administration and other government officials have undermined the success of…intelligence and special operations forces and put future missions and personnel at risk . ”
in light of the ongoing manipulation and twisting of news that permeates far too much of the media – e . g . , the washington post and the new york times – this 2012 shocking piece entitled
dishonorable disclosures
needs to be viewed by every american who is concerned about the security of this country .
q4 . is the institution in compliance with 34 cfr 668 . 165 ( a ) and 674 . 16 ( a ) ( 1 ) if it directs its students to a secure web site that contains the required notifications and disclosures , rather than providing the required notifications and disclosures directly to the students ?
although there is no single statute that provides criminal penalties for all types of unauthorized disclosures of classified information , unauthorized disclosures of classified information fall within the scope of various current statutory criminal prohibitions . it must be acknowledged that there is no comprehensive statute that provides criminal penalties for the unauthorized disclosure of classified information irrespective of the type of information or recipient involved . given the nature of unauthorized disclosures of classified information that have occurred , however , i conclude that current statutes provide a legal basis to prosecute those who engage in unauthorized disclosures , if they can be identified . it may be that carefully drafted legislation specifically tailored to unauthorized disclosures of classified information generally , rather than to espionage , could enhance our investigative efforts . the extent to which such a provision would yield any practical additional benefits to the government in terms of improving our ability to identify those who engage in unauthorized disclosures of classified information or deterring such activity is unclear , however . 268
1 . the individual is subsequently discharged but the period of service was not voided ; and 2 . the character of service for that limited period of time was other than dishonorable .
a4 . yes . since we have eliminated the distinction between providing notices and disclosures with hard copy materials or electronically , an institution is in compliance with 34 cfr 668 . 165 ( a ) and 674 . 16 ( a ) ( 1 ) if it directs students to a secure web site that contains the required notifications and disclosures .
a15 . if the veteran is released from service under conditions other than dishonorable , active duty service that was terminated because of misrepresentation of age qualifies the person as a veteran for title iv purposes .
the new group , called the special operations opsec education fund , using shorthand for “operational security , ” describes itself as nonpartisan , but some of its leaders have been involved in republican campaigns and tea party groups . a 22 - minute video called “dishonorable disclosures” featured on its web site appears to be aimed squarely at the president , echoing charges made previously by mitt romney and other republicans .
he will continue to promote his great “heroism” in taking out osama bin laden but may well execute a rumored “october surprise” ( possibly in the middle east , or a contrived event at home , all to try and snatch the election ) . our opsec “ dishonorable disclosures ” documentary has been very effective in getting out the word about national security leaks coming out of his administration and placing american lives in jeopardy .
so a bunch of special operators and intelligence professionals got together to protest against the obama administration’s irresponsibility . the result is this video , titled “dishonorable disclosure . ” it is dynamite : the production values are excellent , and the message is overpowering . the video is 22 minutes long , but trust me : it is riveting , and goes fast . you should watch the whole thing , to appreciate how dishonorable the obama administration is when it comes to national security .
editor’s note – with all the furor over the “ dishonorable disclosures ” video created by urltoken , a new book is due for release on september 11 , 2012 that purports to tell the inside story of the osama bin laden raid . we do not know the tenor of the book but leaks of classified material have really caused a lot of harm to date , and americans of all stripes are ‘piping hot’ mad , especially over the politicization of the events .
when the florida national guard is not in the active service of the united states , a sentence of dismissal from the service or dishonorable discharge from the service , imposed by court - martial , may not be executed until approved by the governor .
former cia and special operations members are announcing the creation of opsec , a new nationwide public campaign to combat the spike in leaks and politicization of intelligence and special operations missions that threaten their effectiveness and the safety of americans who conduct them . opsec – short for operational security , meaning to eliminate or reduce the exploitation of critical information — will begin with the release of “dishonorable disclosures , ” a new documentary short film highlighting the problem from the perspective of those who have served in these critical positions . the film will also serve as the basis for a tv and online advertising effort .
the former navy seal who penned a firsthand account of the mission to kill osama bin laden did so without the permission of the u . s . government , officials said , and is now at the center of an ongoing controversy within the secretive special operations community over unauthorized disclosures .
before an institution disburses title iv , higher education act of 1965 , as amended ( hea ) , program funds for an award year ( including crediting student accounts at the institution ) , the institution must provide the notifications required by 34 cfr 668 . 165 ( a ) . for perkins loan borrowers , before making first disbursements of perkins loans each award year , the institution must also provide students with the disclosures required by 34 cfr 674 . 16 ( a ) ( 1 ) . an institution may provide these notifications and disclosures to students with a hard copy ( paper ) of the material or electronically .
full length version : a group of former cia spies and u . s . special forces troops on tuesday launched a political attack on president barack obama , accusing him of overseeing reckless leaks about sensitive operations . the group claims to have no partisan affiliation , but the assault mirrored claims by republican presidential challenger mitt romney ' s campaign that the white house leaked classified details of the raid to kill osama bin laden . in a 22 - minute online video entitled
dishonorable disclosures
the former clandestine operatives alleged that the administration spilled secrets to burnish obama ' s standing without regard for the safety of u . s . troops and agents .
intelligence and special operations forces are furious and frustrated at how president obama and those in positions of authority have exploited their service for political advantage . countless leaks , interviews and decisions by the obama administration and other government officials have undermined the success of our intelligence and special operations forces and put future missions and personnel at risk . the unwarranted and dangerous public disclosure of special forces operations is so serious - - that for the first time ever - - former operators have agreed to risk their reputations and go ' on the record ' in a special documentary titled
dishonorable disclosures .
its goal is to educate america about serious breaches of security and prevent them from ever happening again .
a16 . for an enlistment that is voided for other than the statutory reasons listed in q & a14 , the service is valid from the date of entry into active duty to the date it is voided . if the discharge is made under conditions other than dishonorable , the individual would meet the department ' s definition of a veteran for title iv purposes .
a transcript of the president’s remarks on that night can be found here . the excerpt below has the text featured in “dishonorable” italicized , while the non - italicized text is that which is left out . i bold the most significant text unexcerpted . obviously , much of what is left out is where the president gives great credit to those in intelligence and on the ground for their work .
a14 . an undesirable ( dishonorable ) discharge because of the fraudulent enlistment voids the enlistment from the beginning . this outcome occurs if the person did not have the legal capacity to contract due to being insane or the enlistment was prohibited by statute , such as in the case of a deserter or a felon . when the service is completely voided , the individual cannot be deemed a veteran for title iv purposes .
the department of justice cited an ongoing investigation into the disclosures as a reason to deny a request for information under the freedom of information act ( foia ) . see government motion for summary judgment , manning v . u . s . dep ' t of justice , no . 1 : 15 - cv - 01654 ( d . d . c . march 15 , 2016 ) .
for example , the charges against the individuals allegedly responsible for the pentagon papers leak were dropped following evidence of government misconduct . see infra §
the criminal prosecution for the pentagon papers leak .
and the charges against thomas drake were reduced after it was discovered that much of the information disclosed had been previously made public . see infra §
thomas drake , nsa disclosures to the baltimore sun .
intelligence and special operations forces are furious and frustrated at how president obama and those in positions of authority have exploited their service for political advantage . countless leaks , interviews and decisions by the obama administration and other government officials have undermined the success of our intelligence and special operations forces and put future missions and personnel at risk . the unwarranted and dangerous public disclosure of special forces operations is so serious - - that for the first time ever - - former operators have agreed to risk their reputations and go ' on the record ' in a special documentary titled
dishonorable disclosures .
its goal is to educate america about serious breaches of security and prevent them from ever happening again . use of military ranks , titles & photographs in uniform does not imply endorsement of the dept of the army or the department of defense . all individuals are no longer in active service with any federal agency or military service .
manning pled guilty to 10 charges , including all espionage act counts , but prosecutors pursued the remaining charges against him without seeking the death penalty . 177 in 2013 , manning was convicted by court - martial of all charges except aiding the enemy , and was sentenced to 35 years of imprisonment , reduction in rank , forfeiture of pay , and a dishonorable discharge . 178 on january 17 , 2017 , president obama commuted manning ' s sentence , which now expires on may 17 , 2017 . 179
security officials and members of both parties in congress have sharply criticized leaks about classified operations under mr . obama , and some republicans have complained about news briefings on the bin laden raid and assistance to filmmakers making a movie about the operation . but the administration has also overseen an unprecedented number of prosecutions for press disclosures , and in june , attorney general eric h . holder jr . directed two united states attorneys to investigate leaks discussed in the opsec video .
see united states v . drake , 818 f . supp . 2d 909 , 916 ( d . md . 2011 ) ( distinguishing intent requirements between disclosures involving tangible documents and those involving intangible information ) ; united states v . kiriakou , 898 f . supp . 2d 921 , 924 - 27 ( e . d . va . 2012 ) ( surveying case law and noting that a fourth circuit interlocutory appeal in the rosen case cast doubt on the district judge ' s interpretation ) .
the 106 th congress passed the measure as part of the intelligence authorization act for fiscal year 2001 . 262 president clinton , however , vetoed it , calling it
well - intentioned
as an effort to deal with legitimate concerns about the damage caused by unauthorized disclosures , but
badly flawed
in that it was
overbroad
and posed a risk of
unnecessarily chill [ ing ] legitimate activities that are at the heart of a democracy .
263 president clinton explained his view that
the rationalizations are always handy , and they always serve their purpose , which is to prevent us from holding up mirrors to ourselves . if we’re going to keep asking why our heroes are so dishonorable , we should ask why they feel emboldened and entitled to act that way in the first place . it’s only after the ovation dies down and the next ugly story breaks , it seems , that we realize something : when the collection plate comes around or the church service ends , sometimes the best thing to do is to sit on your hands .
the proposed provision would have penalized the disclosure of any material designated as classified for any reason related to national security , regardless of whether the violator intended that the information be delivered to and used by foreign agents ( in contrast to 50 u . s . c . section 783 ) . it would have been the first law to penalize disclosure of information to entities other than foreign governments or their equivalent solely because it is classified , without a more specific definition of the type of information covered . 259 in short , the provision would have made it a crime to disclose or attempt to disclose classified information 260 to any person who does not have authorized access to such information , with exceptions covering disclosures to article iii courts , or to the senate or house committees or members , and authorized disclosures to persons acting on behalf of a foreign power ( including an international organization ) . the provision would have amended the espionage laws in title 18 by expanding the scope of information they cover . the proposed language was intended to make it easier for the government to prosecute unauthorized disclosures of classified information , or
leaks
of information , that might not amount to a violation of current statutes . the language was also intended to ease the government ' s burden of proof in such cases by eliminating the need
to prove that damage to the national security has or will result from the unauthorized disclosure ,
261 substituting a requirement to show that the unauthorized disclosure was of information that
is or has been properly classified
under a statute or executive order .
general courts - martial in the florida national guard may be convened by order of the president of the united states , the governor , or the adjutant general as delegated by the governor , and such courts may adjudge a fine not exceeding $ 500 , confinement not in excess of 200 days ; forfeiture of all pay and allowances ; reprimand , dismissal , or dishonorable discharge from the service ; and reduction to the lowest enlisted grade or any intermediate grade for enlisted personnel . any two or more of such punishments may be combined in the sentence authorized in this section .
the espionage act on its face applies to the receipt and unauthorized dissemination of national defense information , which has been interpreted broadly to cover closely held government materials related to u . s . military operations , facilities , and personnel . although cases involving disclosures of classified information to the press have not been common , it seems clear that courts have regarded such disclosures by government employees to be conduct that enjoys no first amendment protection , regardless of the motives of the divulger or the value the release of such information might impart to public discourse . 269 the question remains open as to whether the publication of unlawfully obtained information by the media can be punished consistent with the first amendment . 270 thus , although unlawful acquisition of information might be subject to criminal prosecution with few first amendment implications , the publication of that information may be protected . whether the publication of national security information can be punished may turn on the value of the information to the public weighed against the likelihood of identifiable harm to national security , arguably a more difficult case for prosecutors to make .
historically , the espionage act and other relevant statutes have been used almost exclusively to prosecute ( 1 ) individuals with access to classified information ( and a corresponding obligation to protect it ) who make it available to foreign agents , and ( 2 ) foreign agents who obtain classified information unlawfully while present in the united states . while prosecutions appear to be on the rise , disclosures of classified information to the press have been punished as crimes less frequently , and the government has never prosecuted a traditional news organization for publishing classified information that it received as a result of a leak .
the term veteran as defined in the hea , means any individual who , a ) has engaged in active duty in the united states army , navy , air force , marines , or coast guard ; and b ) was released under a condition other than dishonorable . previously , the department took the position that applicants who fraudulently entered military service did not meet the definition of a veteran for title iv purposes . generally , someone who fraudulently enters active duty in the u . s . armed forces cannot be considered a veteran for title iv purposes ; however , when the period of active duty service is recognized by the u . s . armed forces and the department of veterans affairs , this may not be true .
commentators frequently contrast the patchwork nature of u . s . law with the united kingdom ' s official secrets act , 1989 , c . 6 ( u . k . ) , which more broadly criminalizes the dissemination and retention of numerous classes of government information . see , e . g . , david e . pozen , the leaky leviathan : why the government condemns and condones unlawful disclosures of information , 127 harv . l . rev . 512 , 626 ( 2013 ) ; william e . lee , deep background : journalists , sources , and the perils of leaking , 57 am . u . l . rev . 1453 , 1466 - 67 ( 2008 ) .
when not in the active service of the united states , the commanding officer of each major command of the florida national guard or his or her superior commander may convene special courts - martial empowered to adjudicate a bad conduct discharge from the service , subject to the procedural protections provided in 10 u . s . c . s . 819 . special courts - martial with bad conduct discharge authority have the same powers of punishment as do general courts - martial , except that fines adjudged by special courts - martial may not exceed $ 300 and confinement may not exceed 100 days . special courts - martial with bad conduct discharge authority may adjudicate a bad conduct discharge from the service , but may not adjudicate a dismissal or dishonorable discharge from the service .
where first amendment rights are implicated , it is the government ' s burden to show that its interest is sufficiently compelling to justify enforcement . whether the government has a compelling need to punish disclosures of classified information turns on whether the disclosure has the potential to cause damage to the national defense or foreign relations of the united states . 122 actual damage need not be proved , but potential damage must be more than merely speculative and incidental . 123 on the other hand , the court has stated that
state action to punish the publication of truthful information seldom can satisfy constitutional standards .
124 and it has described the constitutional purpose behind the guarantee of press freedom as the protection of
the free discussion of governmental affairs .
125
recent unauthorized disclosures of information concerning activities in the white house , and the publication of large quantities of classified information by wikileaks and other organizations and news outlets , have prompted congressional interest in criminal prohibitions on disclosure of classified information . while some have described recent leaks of classified information as “illegal” and “criminal , ” there is no single statute that criminalizes any unauthorized disclosure of classified information . instead , the legal framework is based on a complex and often overlapping set of statutes with provisions that differ depending on , among other factors , what information was disclosed , to whom it was given , and the intentions of the discloser . this report identifies statutory prohibitions that may be implicated by the unauthorized release of classified information , and it examines the elements necessary to secure a conviction under the espionage act and applicable statutes .
recent unauthorized disclosures of information concerning activities in the white house , and the publication of large quantities of classified information by wikileaks and other organizations and news outlets , have prompted congressional interest in criminal prohibitions on disclosure of classified information . while some have described recent leaks of classified information as
illegal
and
criminal ,
there is no single statute that criminalizes any unauthorized disclosure of classified information . instead , the legal framework is based on a complex and often overlapping set of statutes with provisions that differ depending on , among other factors , what information was disclosed , to whom it was given , and the intentions of the discloser . this report identifies statutory prohibitions that may be implicated by the unauthorized release of classified information , and it examines the elements necessary to secure a conviction under the espionage act and applicable statutes .
a violation of section 794 is punishable by imprisonment for any term of years or life , or under certain circumstances , by a sentence of death . 48 the death penalty is available upon a finding that the offense resulted in the death of a covert agent or directly concerns nuclear weapons or other particularly sensitive types of information . 49 the death penalty is also available for violators who gather , transmit , or publish information related to military plans or operations and the like during time of war , with the intent that the information reaches the enemy . 50 offenders are also subject to forfeiture of any ill - gotten gains and property used to facilitate the offense . 51 in sum , section 794 treats the transmission of national security information with intent to aid the enemy or a foreign government more severely than other types of disclosures . 52
prior to this briefing , gonzales had made two attempts to visit bases with working ancient builder race technology . goode shares that when gonzales was still staying with the inner - earth anshar ( prior to this meeting with the wrangler ) , he and the priestess kaaree traveled to venus and a base near saturn where he was turned away by a non - living sentinel who said he lacked humility . during the venus encounter , gonzales was able to glimpse some ancient builder race technology that used a kind of holographic glass to project a series of ascending symbols on a vertical incline . after gonzales’ failed attempts to gain entry to these bases , he and kaaree returned to the anshar city , and shortly after , he was asked to leave due to his suspicious and dishonorable behavior . after goode’s meeting with him and the wrangler in the kuiper belt , gonzales was sent to the mayan breakaway group for healing .
one would think . yet thousands bought tickets to that half - baked halfcourt game anyway , confident ( or at least hopeful ) that iverson would put on another show . and for all the backlash that the phillies either received or anticipated in the wake of monday’s disclosures about rose , it’s worth noting how many people ( based on the responses to the initial news story and to bob ford’s recent column on the matter ) were content to look past rose’s alleged depravity . that willful blindness and those innocent - until - proven - guilty cries were especially rich in this situation , given that rose did not deny his relationship with the woman—his defense was that he believed her to be 16 years old—and that the relationship was revealed through publicly available documents in a lawsuit that rose himself filed . the only person who wronged rose here is rose .
the intelligence identities protection act , 50 u . s . c . section 3121 , provides for the protection of information concerning the identity of covert intelligence agents . 75 it generally covers persons authorized to know the identity of such agents or who learn the identity of covert agents as a result of their general access to classified information , 76 but can also apply to a person who learns of the identity of a covert agent through a
pattern of activities intended to identify and expose covert agents
and discloses the identity to any individual not authorized to access classified information with reason to believe that such disclosures would impair u . s . foreign intelligence efforts . 77 for those without authorized access , the crime is subject to a fine or imprisonment for a term of not more than three years . 78 to be convicted , a violator must have knowledge that the information identifies a covert agent whose identity the united states is taking affirmative measures to conceal . 79 to date , there have been no reported cases interpreting the statute , but two convictions pursuant to guilty pleas have resulted from the statute . 80
at least one court has read these two elements together to require that the prosecution must prove that the defendant disclosed the information
with a bad faith purpose to either harm the united states or to aid a foreign government .
united states v . rosen , 445 f . supp . 2d 602 , 626 ( e . d . va . 2006 ) . later courts confronting the intent issue have differentiated this case to conclude that the
reason to believe
standard does not require an intent to do harm . see united states v . drake , 818 f . supp . 2d 909 , 916 ( d . md . 2011 ) ( distinguishing intent requirements between disclosures involving tangible documents and those involving intangible information ) ; united states v . kiriakou , 898 f . supp . 2d 921 , 924 - 27 ( e . d . va . 2012 ) ( surveying case law and noting that a fourth circuit interlocutory appeal , united states v . rosen , 557 f . 3d 192 , 194 ( 4 th cir . 2009 ) , cast doubt on the district judge ' s interpretation ) .
similarly , the case of former state department contractor stephen jin - woo kim ' s disclosures to fox news correspondent james rosen generated attention when it was revealed that the department of justice subpoenaed rosen ' s emails without notice . 249 in its application for the search warrant , the government characterized rosen as having acted
much like an intelligence officer would run an [ sic ] clandestine intelligence source ,
250 and it asserted in a sworn statement that
there is probable cause to believe that the reporter has committed a violation of 18 u . s . c . sec . 793 ( unauthorized disclosure of national defense information ) , at the very least , either as an aider , abettor , or co - conspirator of mr . kim .
251 although rosen was never charged with a crime in connection with his alleged receipt of classified information , the affidavit ' s language suggesting he may be charged for violating the espionage act was met with considerable criticism in the press . 252 the backlash was reported to have contributed to the department of justice ' s decision to revise its policies for investigating leaks . 253 the new guidelines , issued in july 2013 , provide that
members of the news media will not be subject to prosecution based solely on newsgathering activities .
254
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washington — in a direct attack on one of president obama ’s political strengths , a group of former special operations and c . i . a . officers started a campaign on tuesday night accusing mr . obama of recklessly leaking information about the raid that killed osama bin laden and other security matters to gain political advantage .
the obama campaign immediately compared the effort to the “swift boat” advertisements against senator john kerry in the 2004 presidential campaign . like that effort , which attacked mr . kerry’s military record in vietnam , the opsec site goes after mr . obama’s strong points on national security — specifically his role in overseeing the military - central intelligence agency raid that killed bin laden , the founder of al qaeda , in may 2011 .
chad kolton , who was the spokesman for the director of national intelligence in the bush administration and now represents the opsec group , said that because it was classified as a 501 ( c ) ( 4 ) educational group under tax laws , it was not required to identify its donors . he said the group had raised nearly $ 1 million since june and intended to run television and internet ads , as well as show the video in swing states .
mr . kolton rejected the comparison with the swift boat advertisements , saying they reflected narrow differences of opinion about mr . kerry’s war record . he said the opsec group had a broader purpose in speaking out against leaks and the politicization of the navy seals and the c . i . a . , and it hoped to keep working after the election . no one who was involved in the swift boat campaign is working with the opsec group , he said .
asked whether the group was not itself bringing the seals and c . i . a . into the presidential campaign , mr . kolton said that leaks were a bipartisan concern , noting that some democrats , including senator dianne feinstein of california , chairwoman of the intelligence committee , had complained vociferously about them and called for a criminal inquiry .
of the video’s anti - obama tone and content , mr . kolton said : “i realize you see a lot of criticism directed at the obama administration . but that’s the current administration . ” he said “several dozen” former military and intelligence officers were supporting the campaign .
the opsec group shares an office suite in alexandria , va . , with a republican consulting firm , the trailblazer group . christian ferry , a partner in the firm , said that he had sublet space to opsec because it included “people i know , ” but that trailblazer had no role in the project .
among the featured former members of the elite navy special operations teams are benjamin smith , whose facebook page identifies him as a model and actor who served in iraq and later became a spokesman for the tea party express and several republican campaigns . another former seal member , scott taylor , is the group’s president and ran unsuccessfully as a republican candidate for congress in virginia in 2010 .
in a telephone interview , mr . taylor acknowledged the republican ties of some members but said , “as many or more are apolitical . ”
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“this issue is more than just politics , ” he said . “folks from this group , including me , have buried enough of our buddies . ”
in an effort to portray mr . obama as a braggart taking credit for the accomplishments of special forces and intelligence operatives , the video omits some of his remarks in announcing bin laden’s killing . in that late - night televised address , mr . obama credited 10 years of “tireless and heroic work of our military and our counterterrorism professionals , ” but that is edited out .
in a cnn interview last month , adm . william h . mcraven of the navy , who oversaw the raid as commander of the joint special operations command , said , “the president and his national security team — i’m not a political guy , but i will tell you as , as an interested observer in this — they were magnificent in how they handled it start to finish . ”
he added : “at the end of the day , make no mistake about it , it was the president of the united states that shouldered the burden for this operation , that made the hard decisions , that was instrumental in the planning process , because i pitched every plan to him . ”
asked about the opsec group , ben labolt , an obama campaign spokesman , said : “the republicans are resorting to swift boat tactics because when it comes to foreign policy and national security , mitt romney has offered nothing but reckless rhetoric . his two major foreign policy speeches never even mentioned al qaeda once , and he hasn’t outlined a plan for america’s relations with a single region of the world . ”
mr . labolt said mr . obama promised in 2008 to “end the war in iraq in a responsible way and refocus on taking out al qaeda’s leaders , and few would question that he’s kept his word . ”
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president obama addresses the nation to announce that the united states has killed osama bin laden , the leader of al qaeda .
tonight , president obama addressed the nation to announce that the united states has killed osama bin laden , the leader of al qaeda . watch his full remarks here or read his full remarks below , and learn more from the transcript of the white house briefing call afterwards .
the president : good evening . tonight , i can report to the american people and to the world that the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden , the leader of al qaeda , and a terrorist who’s responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men , women , and children .
it was nearly 10 years ago that a bright september day was darkened by the worst attack on the american people in our history . the images of 9 / 11 are seared into our national memory - - hijacked planes cutting through a cloudless september sky ; the twin towers collapsing to the ground ; black smoke billowing up from the pentagon ; the wreckage of flight 93 in shanksville , pennsylvania , where the actions of heroic citizens saved even more heartbreak and destruction .
and yet we know that the worst images are those that were unseen to the world . the empty seat at the dinner table . children who were forced to grow up without their mother or their father . parents who would never know the feeling of their child’s embrace . nearly 3 , 000 citizens taken from us , leaving a gaping hole in our hearts .
on september 11 , 2001 , in our time of grief , the american people came together . we offered our neighbors a hand , and we offered the wounded our blood . we reaffirmed our ties to each other , and our love of community and country . on that day , no matter where we came from , what god we prayed to , or what race or ethnicity we were , we were united as one american family .
we were also united in our resolve to protect our nation and to bring those who committed this vicious attack to justice . we quickly learned that the 9 / 11 attacks were carried out by al qaeda - - an organization headed by osama bin laden , which had openly declared war on the united states and was committed to killing innocents in our country and around the globe . and so we went to war against al qaeda to protect our citizens , our friends , and our allies .
over the last 10 years , thanks to the tireless and heroic work of our military and our counterterrorism professionals , we’ve made great strides in that effort . we’ve disrupted terrorist attacks and strengthened our homeland defense . in afghanistan , we removed the taliban government , which had given bin laden and al qaeda safe haven and support . and around the globe , we worked with our friends and allies to capture or kill scores of al qaeda terrorists , including several who were a part of the 9 / 11 plot .
yet osama bin laden avoided capture and escaped across the afghan border into pakistan . meanwhile , al qaeda continued to operate from along that border and operate through its affiliates across the world .
and so shortly after taking office , i directed leon panetta , the director of the cia , to make the killing or capture of bin laden the top priority of our war against al qaeda , even as we continued our broader efforts to disrupt , dismantle , and defeat his network .
then , last august , after years of painstaking work by our intelligence community , i was briefed on a possible lead to bin laden . it was far from certain , and it took many months to run this thread to ground . i met repeatedly with my national security team as we developed more information about the possibility that we had located bin laden hiding within a compound deep inside of pakistan . and finally , last week , i determined that we had enough intelligence to take action , and authorized an operation to get osama bin laden and bring him to justice .
today , at my direction , the united states launched a targeted operation against that compound in abbottabad , pakistan . a small team of americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability . no americans were harmed . they took care to avoid civilian casualties . after a firefight , they killed osama bin laden and took custody of his body .
for over two decades , bin laden has been al qaeda’s leader and symbol , and has continued to plot attacks against our country and our friends and allies . the death of bin laden marks the most significant achievement to date in our nation’s effort to defeat al qaeda .
yet his death does not mark the end of our effort . there’s no doubt that al qaeda will continue to pursue attacks against us . we must – - and we will - - remain vigilant at home and abroad .
as we do , we must also reaffirm that the united states is not – - and never will be - – at war with islam . i’ve made clear , just as president bush did shortly after 9 / 11 , that our war is not against islam . bin laden was not a muslim leader ; he was a mass murderer of muslims . indeed , al qaeda has slaughtered scores of muslims in many countries , including our own . so his demise should be welcomed by all who believe in peace and human dignity .
over the years , i’ve repeatedly made clear that we would take action within pakistan if we knew where bin laden was . that is what we’ve done . but it’s important to note that our counterterrorism cooperation with pakistan helped lead us to bin laden and the compound where he was hiding . indeed , bin laden had declared war against pakistan as well , and ordered attacks against the pakistani people .
tonight , i called president zardari , and my team has also spoken with their pakistani counterparts . they agree that this is a good and historic day for both of our nations . and going forward , it is essential that pakistan continue to join us in the fight against al qaeda and its affiliates .
the american people did not choose this fight . it came to our shores , and started with the senseless slaughter of our citizens . after nearly 10 years of service , struggle , and sacrifice , we know well the costs of war . these efforts weigh on me every time i , as commander - in - chief , have to sign a letter to a family that has lost a loved one , or look into the eyes of a service member who’s been gravely wounded .
so americans understand the costs of war . yet as a country , we will never tolerate our security being threatened , nor stand idly by when our people have been killed . we will be relentless in defense of our citizens and our friends and allies . we will be true to the values that make us who we are . and on nights like this one , we can say to those families who have lost loved ones to al qaeda’s terror : justice has been done .
tonight , we give thanks to the countless intelligence and counterterrorism professionals who’ve worked tirelessly to achieve this outcome . the american people do not see their work , nor know their names . but tonight , they feel the satisfaction of their work and the result of their pursuit of justice .
we give thanks for the men who carried out this operation , for they exemplify the professionalism , patriotism , and unparalleled courage of those who serve our country . and they are part of a generation that has borne the heaviest share of the burden since that september day .
finally , let me say to the families who lost loved ones on 9 / 11 that we have never forgotten your loss , nor wavered in our commitment to see that we do whatever it takes to prevent another attack on our shores .
and tonight , let us think back to the sense of unity that prevailed on 9 / 11 . i know that it has , at times , frayed . yet today’s achievement is a testament to the greatness of our country and the determination of the american people .
the cause of securing our country is not complete . but tonight , we are once again reminded that america can do whatever we set our mind to . that is the story of our history , whether it’s the pursuit of prosperity for our people , or the struggle for equality for all our citizens ; our commitment to stand up for our values abroad , and our sacrifices to make the world a safer place .
let us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power , but because of who we are : one nation , under god , indivisible , with liberty and justice for all .
thank you . may god bless you . and may god bless the united states of america . end 11 : 44 p . m . edt
seated from left , james clapper , director of national intelligence , national security advisor tom donilon , cia director leon panetta , admiral mike mullen , chairman of the joint chiefs of staff , secretary of state hillary rodham clinton , and vice president joe biden listen as president barack obama makes a statement on osama bin laden in the east room of the white house may 1 , 2011 . ( official white house photo by pete souza )
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the group , the special operations opsec education fund inc ( opsec ) , attacks the president for taking credit for the killing of osama bin laden and for supposedly endangering american lives by leaking high - level information to hollywood insiders .
retired cia officer fred rustmann says in the video that days after the killing of bin laden , hollywood elites were invited into the white house for a briefing on exactly how the raid took place . rustmann says the administration leaked
what kind of sources we had , what kind of methods we used , all for the purpose of making a hollywood movie .
the hollywood movie he is referring to is
zero dark thirty ,
which is directed by oscar - winning kathryn bigelow and is set to come out in december . last year , rep . peter king asked for an investigation into allegations that obama leaked classified information to the filmmakers - - allegations which the administration dismissed as
ridiculous .
as rustmann speaks , the image in the background is of bigelow receiving her oscar - - the first ever won by a female director - - from barbra streisand for
the hurt locker .
when the video discusses the supposed briefing hollywood got days after the raid , obama is shown speaking in a small theater to tom hanks , steven spielberg and others . the only problem is , that image was taken in march 2010 at the white house family theater before a screening of the hbo mini - series
the pacific ,
the hollywood reporter points out . it ' s unlikely that obama is spilling secrets about how he killed bin laden - - a whole year before it happened .
retired usmc lt . colornel bill cowan says in the video ,
somewhere in this administration , perhaps at the highest levels , there are people that don’t understand… when we divulge national security information such as the identity of the organization that killed osama bin laden , we have now put all of those men , all of their families , everybody around them at some sort of risk .
obama divulged the covert information to hollywood for political gain , the retired officers in the video claim .