WikiLeaks

Assange arrives in Australia after pleading guilty to espionage on the way home

10:15pm June 26, 2024

by Adam Hancock

The WikiLeaks founder pleaded guilty to one count of violating espionage laws in a U.S. court in the Northern Mariana Islands, where the judge sentenced him to time served for his lengthy prison stay.

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A demonstrator holds a placard, after Stella Assange, wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, released a statement outside the Royal Courts of Justice, in London, Tuesday.

A U.K. court delays extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the U.S.

12:05pm March 26, 2024

He spent seven years in the Ecuadorian Embassy and five years in prison, both in London. U.S. prosecutors want his next move to be to the U.S. But the High Court has delayed that.

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is shown making a statement to the media gathered outside the High Court in London, Dec. 5, 2011.

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WikiLeaks founder Assange starts final legal battle to avoid extradition to U.S.

3:10am February 20, 2024

by The Associated Press

Julian Assange's lawyers will begin their final U.K. legal challenge on Tuesday to stop the WikiLeaks founder from being sent to the United States to face spying charges.

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Former CIA engineer gets 40 years for giving agency's hacking secrets to WikiLeaks

5:57pm February 01, 2024

by The Associated Press

Joshua Schulte was sentenced in what the U.S. government described as the biggest theft of classified information in CIA history and for possession of child sexual abuse images and videos.

In this courtroom sketch, Joshua Schulte (center) is seated at the defense table flanked by his attorneys on March 4, 2020, in New York.

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A former CIA engineer is convicted in a massive theft of secrets released by WikiLeaks

4:52pm July 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

Joshua Schulte, who represented himself in his retrial, told jurors that the CIA and FBI made him a scapegoat for an embarrassing public release of a trove of CIA secrets by WikiLeaks in 2017.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange pauses as he makes a statement to media gathered outside the High Court in London in 2011.

The U.K. says Julian Assange can be extradited to the U.S. to face spying charges

6:30am June 17, 2022

by The Associated Press

WikiLeaks said it would appeal. The decision is a big moment in Assange's years-long battle to avoid facing trial in the U.S. — though not necessarily the end of the tale.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange supporters hold placards as they gather outside Westminster Magistrates court in London on Wednesday.

Julian Assange is one major step closer to extradition to the U.S.

8:29am April 20, 2022

by The Associated Press

A British judge on Wednesday formally approved the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges. The case will now go to Britain's interior minister for a decision.

Stella Moris, fiancée of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, arrives at the High Court of England and Wales, in London, last month.

Julian Assange wins permission to marry his partner in a London prison

10:33am November 12, 2021

by Scott Neuman

The WikiLeaks founder and attorney Stella Moris began a relationship after Assange took refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London in 2012. They have two sons together.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces 18 federal counts related to allegations of illegally obtaining, receiving and disclosing classified information. He is accused of conspiring to hack U.S. government computer networks, and obtain and publish classifi

British Court Rejects U.S. Request To Extradite WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange

3:53pm January 04, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

The WikiLeaks founder took refuge for seven years inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. He was removed in April 2019 and imprisoned while he awaited a decision on his extradition.

Chelsea Manning, a former intelligence analyst, was ordered released from jail in Alexandria, Va., where she was held for not testifying in the WikiLeaks investigation.

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Judge Orders Chelsea Manning Released From Jail

6:18pm March 12, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

The former Army intelligence analyst was behind bars for not testifying before a grand jury. The order for her release came the day after her lawyers said she attempted to kill herself.