Documentary about whistleblower Frits Veerman, who in the 1970s exposed the nuclear espionage at Urenco in which his Pakistani colleague Abdul Khan smuggled nuclear data out of the country. He was fired and fought for 40 years for rehabilitation. Frans Bromet examines the moral compass of the headstrong whistleblower in the politically shadowy and high-profile espionage scandal. Bromet wants to understand what underlies years of backroom politics, an intelligence agency that refuses to grant access to the file, and international interests that apparently prevail over the protection of an observant citizen by his government. The fact that the Dutch State takes no responsibility in this matter weighs heavily, literally and figuratively, on Veerman. The threat of a nuclear bomb remains real. Will a potential rehabilitation offer the satisfaction he has been waiting for forty years?

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Frans Bromet

Self

Frits Veerman

Self

Abdul Qadeer Khan

Self (archive footage)

Ronald van Raak

Self

Harry van Bommel

Self

Liesbeth van Tongeren

Self (archive footage)

Kajsa Ollongren

Self

Ruud Lubbers

Self (archive footage)

David E. Sanger

Self (archive footage)

George W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

Bill Clinton

Self (archive footage)

Jimmy Carter

Self (archive footage)