Cover-Up
December 19, 2025
Overview
He's devoted his career to uncovering stories the powerful want buried. From My Lai to Abu Ghraib, dig into the life's work of journalist Seymour Hersh.
Cast and crew
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MO
Mark Obenhaus
Director
Laura Poitras
Director
Seymour Hersh
Self - Investigative Journalist
JG
Jeff Gerth
Self - The New York Times
DO
David Obst
Self - Dispatch News
Bob Woodward
Self - The Washington Post
MF
Max Friedman
Self - Former Research Assistant
ADS
Amy Davidson Sorkin
Self - The New Yorker
AT
Antonio Taguba
Self - U.S. Army Major General
CLS
Camille Lo Sapio
Self - Anonymous Source
IH
Isador Hersh
Self - Father of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)
DH
Dorothy Hersh
Self - Mother of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)
AH
Alan Hersh
Self - Brother of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)
EKH
Elizabeth Klein Hersh
Self - Wife of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)
Salvador Allende
Self - Chilean President (archive footage)
JJA
James Jesus Angleton
Self - CIA Chief of Counterintelligence (archive footage)
MB
Michael Bernhardt
Self - U.S. Army Sergeant (archive footage)
Carl Bernstein
Self - The Washington Post (archive footage)
WC
William Calley
Self - U.S. Army Lieutenant (archive footage)
George H. W. Bush
Self - Former CIA Director (archive footage)
Frank Church
Self - Chairman
William Colby
Self - Former CIA Director (archive footage)
LXCI
Lawrence X. Cusack III
Self - Forged Kennedy Papers (archive footage)
MF
Max Frankel
Self - Washington Bureau Chief
BG
Bernard Gwertzman
Self - Editor
RH
Ron Haeberle
Self - U.S. Army Photographer (archive footage)
Richard Helms
Self - Former CIA Director (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self - 36th President of the United States (archive footage)
BK
Bob Kiley
Self - Former CIA Operative & Public Policy Expert (archive footage)
Henry Kissinger
Self - Secretary of State (archive footage)
BK
Bill Kovach
Self - Editor
HK
Howard Kurtz
Self - Host
BL
Brian Lamb
Self - Host
GL
George Latimer
Self - Civilian Lawyer for Lt. William Calley (archive footage)
JM
James McCord
Self - Watergate Burglar (archive footage)
MM
Myrtle Meadlo
Self - Mother of Paul Meadlo (archive footage)
PM
Paul Meadlo
Self - U.S. Army Private First Class (archive footage)
TM
Tony Meadlo
Self - Father of Paul Meadlo (archive footage)
EM
Ernest Medina
Self - U.S. Army Captain (archive footage)
JM
John Mitchell
Self - Former Attorney General (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Self - 37th President of the United States (archive footage)
FO
Frank Olson
Self - CIA
JP
Joseph Paolella
Self - Secret Service Agent (archive footage)
Augusto Pinochet
Self - Chilean President (archive footage)
NP
Ned Price
Self - Former Spokesperson
Dan Rather
Self - 60 Minutes II
RR
Ron Ridenhour
Self - Whistleblower & Journalist (archive footage)
AR
A.M. Rosenthal
Self - Executive Editor
Donald Rumsfeld
Self - Former Secretary of Defense (archive footage)
Daniel Schorr
Self - CBS News Journalist (archive footage)
MW
Mike Wallace
Self - 60 Minutes Correspondent (archive footage)
WCW
William C. Westmoreland
Self - U.S. Army Chief of Staff (archive footage)