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WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange pleads guilty to conspiracy in deal with US

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange pleaded guilty to a single felony charge for publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors...

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  1. Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the US, allowing him to go free

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    WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange pleads guilty to conspiracy in deal with US

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  1. The Boston Globe

    Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty in deal with US and return to Australia (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The Boston Globe's feed description

    Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the US Justice Department that will resolve a long-running legal saga that spanned continents and centered on the publication of classified documents.

  2. NBC News

    Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange plans to plead guilty in a deal with the United States, allowing him to go free years after publishing classified information obtained by Chelsea Manning.

  3. CBS News

    Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder, to plead guilty to violating the Espionage Act (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Assange, who has been in custody in the United Kingdom, is set to appear in a U.S. court in the Northern Mariana Islands

  4. New Hampshire Union Leader

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange expected to plead guilty to felony charge (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    New Hampshire Union Leader's feed description

    Julian Assange, the founder of the anti-secrecy site WikiLeaks, has reached a tentative deal to plead guilty to one count of violating the Espionage Act for his role in obtaining

  5. Seattle Times

    Timeline of the Julian Assange legal saga over extradition to the US on espionage charges (opens Seattle Times)

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    Seattle Times's feed description

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been fighting for years to avoid extradition to the United States to face charges related to his organization’s publication of a huge trove of classified...

  6. Deadline

    Julian Assange To Plead Guilty In Exchange For Release (opens Deadline)

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    Deadline's feed description

    Wikileaks founder Julian Assange agreed to plead guilty Monday to a felony count of illegally disseminating national security material in a plea deal.

  7. Deutsche Welle

    Assange to plead guilty, return to Australia, after US deal – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Wikileaks founder Julian Assange agrees to plead guilty to espionage under a deal with the United States. He is on his way to Australia after 62 months in a UK jail.

  8. Washington Times

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty in deal with U.S., return to Australia (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will resolve a long-running legal saga that spanned multiple continents and centered on the publication of a trove of classified documents, according to court papers filed late Monda…

  9. WUSA9

    Julian Assange to plead guilty in deal with US to end long-running legal saga (opens WUSA9)

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    WUSA9's feed description

    WikiLeaks made Assange a cause célèbre among many press freedom advocates who said he acted as a journalist to expose U.S. military wrongdoing.

  10. The Guardian

    From a plea deal to a 2am prison call: how Julian Assange finally gained freedom (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    A lawyer’s offer, a judgment that foretold years of legal wrangling, and diplomatic pressure all played a part in the release of the WikiLeaks founder

  11. Delaware Public Media

    WikiLeaks founder to plead guilty; What to expect at Biden-Trump debate (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    Delaware Public Media's feed description

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty in order to return to Australia. Plus, how immigration will feature in Biden and Trump's debate on Thursday.

  12. Fortune

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to Espionage Act charge in deal with U.S. and will return home free to Australia (opens Fortune)

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    Assange left a British prison and will appear in the U.S. federal court in the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. commonwealth in the Western Pacific.

  13. La Crosse Tribune

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty in deal with US and be freed from prison (opens La Crosse Tribune)

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    La Crosse Tribune's feed description

    The plea brings an abrupt conclusion to a criminal case of international intrigue and to the U.S. government’s pursuit of a publisher whose secret-sharing website made him a cause célèbre.

  14. Anchorage Daily News

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty in deal with U.S. and be freed from prison (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will resolve a long-running legal saga over the publication of a trove of classified documents.

  15. Fox2 Detroit

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to plead guilty to Espionage Act violation (opens Fox2 Detroit)

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    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will resolve a long-running legal saga over the publication of a trove of classified documents.

  16. NBC4 Washington

    Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the US, allowing him to go free (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    NBC4 Washington's feed description

    The WikiLeaks founder has been held in a prison outside London for the last five years and fought extradition to the United States.

  17. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    A look at Julian Assange and how the long-jailed WikiLeaks founder is now on the verge of freedom (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Minneapolis Star Tribune's feed description

    News that the U.S. Justice Department has reached a plea deal that will lead to freedom for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange brings a stunning culmination to a long-running saga of international intrigue that spanned multiple continents.

  18. Breitbart News

    Julian Assange to Plead Guilty in Plea Agreement with U.S. Government, Avoiding Prison (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty as part of a plea agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).

  19. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Julian Assange agrees to plea deal with Biden administration that will allow him to avoid imprisonment in US (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    ABC 17 Mid-Missouri's feed description

    CNN By Evan Perez and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge related to his alleged role in one of the largest US government breaches of classified material, as part of a deal with the Justice Department that will allow him to avoid imp…

  20. Triblive

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to plead guilty in deal with U.S. (opens Triblive)

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    WASHINGTON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will free him from prison and resolve a long-running legal saga that spanned multiple continents and centered on the publication of a trove of classified documents, acco…

  21. The Columbian

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty in deal with U.S. and return to Australia (opens The Columbian)

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    The Columbian's feed description

    WASHINGTON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will free him from prison and resolve a long-running legal saga that

  22. ABC 7 New York

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange stops in Bangkok on his way to a US court and later freedom (opens ABC 7 New York)

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    ABC 7 New York's feed description

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is on his way to enter a plea in a U.S. court that is expected to free him and resolve the legal case.

  23. MyStateline

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty in deal with US that will allow him to walk free (opens MyStateline)

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    MyStateline's feed description

    WASHINGTON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will allow him to walk free and resolve a long-running legal …

  24. Las Vegas Review-Journal

    Julian Assange reaches plea deal with US Justice Department (opens Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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    Las Vegas Review-Journal's feed description

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will free him from prison and resolve a long-running legal saga that spanned multiple continents and centered on the publication of a trove of classified documents, according to cour…

  25. MyNorthwest

    Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty in deal with US (opens MyNorthwest)

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    MyNorthwest's feed description

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal that will free him from prison and resolve a legal saga.

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