June 26, 2024 at 02:39PM WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to Australia aboard a charter jet, pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets. He credited Australian intervention in the U.S. prosecution for saving his life. Supporters cheered his arrival, while his wife emphasized his need for recuperation. The plea deal allowed him to … Read more
June 26, 2024 at 02:37PM Julian Assange appeared in the US District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands and pleaded guilty to a single charge of Conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information. He was sentenced to 62 months, but as he had already served that amount of time in UK jails, he was … Read more
June 25, 2024 at 01:54AM WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been released in the U.K. after serving over five years in a maximum-security prison. He pleaded guilty to conspiring to obtain and disclose classified U.S. national defense documents and is set to be sentenced for 62 months already served. Assange has left the country for … Read more
June 24, 2024 at 08:28PM Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been released in the UK after agreeing to plead guilty to US charges. He is set to return to Australia after appearing in a US federal court and it’s likely that he will be heading to the Northern Mariana Islands before going back to Australia. … Read more
June 24, 2024 at 07:54PM Julian Assange is set to plead guilty to an Espionage Act charge of conspiring to unlawfully obtain and disseminate classified national defense information, resolving a long legal saga. The guilty plea, yet to be approved by a judge, ends the U.S. government’s pursuit of the WikiLeaks founder. He is expected … Read more
May 20, 2024 at 06:08PM The High Court of England and Wales ruled Monday that Julian Assange can appeal his extradition to the US from the UK. Assange, facing espionage-related charges, seeks to avoid extradition, arguing that his constitutional protections under the First Amendment will be undermined. The ruling allows his legal team to argue … Read more
March 26, 2024 at 12:48PM A British court ruled that Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the United States on espionage charges unless the U.S. guarantees no death penalty. Assange remains in London’s Belmarsh Prison as the legal saga continues. High Court judges granted a new appeal if the U.S. does not provide further assurances … Read more
February 1, 2024 at 11:04PM Former CIA employee Joshua Schulte has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for sharing material with WikiLeaks. His crimes include espionage, computer hacking, and sharing classified information. The court declared his theft as the largest data breach in CIA history. Schulte also faces a lifetime of supervision upon release. … Read more