Wikipedia: "Ellsberg also shared the documents with New York Times correspondent Neil Sheehan under a pledge of confidentiality. Sheehan broke his promise to E

Wikipedia: "Ellsberg also shared the documents with New York Times correspondent Neil Sheehan under a pledge of confidentiality. Sheehan broke his promise to Ellsberg, and built a scoop around what he'd received both directly from Ellsberg and from contacts at IPS." No, Ellsberg got duped. He also went into hiding afterwards (although briefly). He never deliberately put it all on the line. Snowden made this information public and shortly thereafter admitted to it -- knowing full well that it would end his life as he knew it. That's the act of a patriot.