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Assange plea deal

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The 2024 agreement under which Julian Assange pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit espionage, was processed in Saipan, and returned to Australia; John Kiriakou details its odd terms, a Chelsea Manning purge affidavit and a 25-year green-card ban, and the debate over whether it sets a precedent.

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.[1][2] 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of another journalist.[3] He notes its odd terms: Assange had to swear an affidavit that WikiLeaks had purged all unpublished Chelsea Manning material, of which there was none, while the CIA never demanded anything about Vault 7 be purged; and he is barred from a U.S. green card for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.[4][5][6]

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  1. ↑ News Beat, 2024-07-29. 13:29 on YouTube · Transcript
  2. ↑ News Beat, 2024-07-29. 17:48 on YouTube · Transcript
  3. ↑ News Beat, 2024-07-29. 15:05 on YouTube · Transcript
  4. ↑ News Beat, 2024-07-29. 18:20 on YouTube · Transcript
  5. ↑ News Beat, 2024-07-29. 18:51 on YouTube · Transcript
  6. ↑ News Beat, 2024-07-29. 19:23 on YouTube · Transcript

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