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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Eric Tucker

Things to know about how Julian Assange and US prosecutors arrived at a plea deal to end his case

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is back in Australia as a free man, having resolved through a plea deal a U.S. Justice Department case charging him with obtaining and publishing government secrets on his secret-spilling website.

It was a stunning resolution to a polarizing drama that landed at the intersection of press freedom and national security, spanned three presidential administrations and played out across multiple continents.

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