Assange plea deal
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The Assange plea deal is the June 2024 agreement under which Julian Assange pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit espionage, was processed in Saipan, and flew home to Australia. John Kiriakou, who made three trips to Iceland to strategize with WikiLeaks, relays the reform attorney Chip Gibbons's argument that because it was a plea to conspiracy rather than espionage, future prosecutors cannot use it to leverage the indictment of another journalist. He notes its odd terms: Assange had to swear an affidavit that WikiLeaks had purged all unpublished Chelsea Manning material, of which there was none, while the CIA never demanded anything about Vault 7 be purged; and he is barred from a U.S. green card for 25 years.

See also

- Barry Pollock
- Julian Assange
