WikiLeaks founder pleads guilty to releasing classified info after U.S. deal

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives at the U.S. Courthouse in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, on Wednesday morning local time. Photo: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Imagespleaded guilty on Wednesday morning local time to a felony charge tied to his alleged role in releasing a cache of classified information in one of the largest leaks of national security secrets in U.S.

Assange would have faced life in prison if convicted of the 17 counts of espionage and one count of misusing a computer he faced stemming from WikiLeaks' release of a trove of classified materials about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and diplomatic cables.guilty to the charge of violating the Espionage Act and is expected to return to his home country of Australia following the proceedings, according to DOJ correspondence.A Saipan-based federal judge in the Mariana Islands, a U.S.

Australia's Parliament called for Assange's return in a February motion, contending the prosecution had dragged on for far too long.after leaving London's Ecuadorian Embassy following a seven-year stay there that ended when Ecuador withdrew its offer of asylum.Assange's guilty plea contradicts his years-long argument that he was acting as a journalist when he published U.S. government documents on Iraq and Afghanistan.

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