Ellsberg and Snowden are the names of two men widely known for leaking private information to the public. Although the leaking of this information did take place in two different time eras, one more recent then the other, they both affected the people greatly. There were also many differences between the way this information was leaked and what the information was about. Even though leaking this information was wrong they both did it for the right reasons. In the paragraphs below I will explain the similarities and differences between Snowden and Ellsberg.

Snowden was a former CIA computer tech in the 1870’s. He leaked information proving that we really did not have privacy we thought we had and how the government was constantly watching the public. Snowdon gave this secret information to wiki leaks then fled to Hong Kong not ready to face the consequences of his actions. Sonwden did not only leak this information to the United States of America but to all of the countries. That means that every country was eligible to see this information. Snowden leaked this information that he was able to see to everyone for the right reasons although it was a bad thing to do.

Ellsberg who was employed by the Defense Department did similar actions as Snowden in the 1960’s and 1970’s. He leaked articles involving top secret information about the Vietnam War, although unlike Snowden he only leaked this information to the United States. He shared his knowledge to the New York Times where they published what they were told and soon everybody knew. Ellsberg did not try to hide; he did what he did and was ready for any consequence given to him. Later on Ellsberg went on trial for criminal charges in the year of 1971 and all charges were dropped in 1973.

Besides all the differences that Snowden and Ellsberg had they also had several similarities. Both Snowden and Ellsberg had