The sex abuse crisis in the Catholic Church is the result of what police call "noble cause corruption," the belief that because you are dedicated to doing good, you can do no wrong.

I come from a filmmaking tradition and a storytelling background. So somehow I've emerged like a mutant who can straddle both worlds.

In the case of the Catholic Church, it's hard to understand how they so willfully sacrifice the children.

I feel that Julian Assange came to be both paranoid and self-regarding in ways that ultimately undermined his own mission.

It's easy to get armchair analysts to talk, but to get people on the inside to talk is very, very hard.

The Barack Obama Administration has prosecuted more whistleblowers than all previous administrations combined. That's a staggering record. And it comes from a president who said that he's going to have one of the most transparent administrations ever.

Bill Gates, who is the classic computer nerd, as opposed to Steve who is, like the coolest guy in the world. And who is really doing things to make the world a better place?