Crime - part deux.
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to US criminal charges as part of a deal that allows him to go free, according to court documents.
Assange, 52, was charged with conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information.
For years, the US has argued that the Wikileaks files - which disclosed information about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars - endangered lives.
He has spent the last five years in a British prison, from where he has been fighting extradition to the US.
According to CBS, the BBC's US partner, Assange will spend no time in US custody and will receive credit for the time spent incarcerated in the UK. Before that, he had taken refuge in Ecuador's London embassy for seven years.
Assange will return to Australia, according to a letter from the justice department.
He and his lawyers had long claimed that the case against him was politically motivated.
In April, US President Joe Biden said that he was considering a request from Australia to drop the prosecution against Assange.
US prosecutors had originally wanted to try the Wikileaks founder on 18 counts - mostly under the Espionage Act - over the release of confidential US military records and diplomatic messages related to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Wikileaks, which Assange founded in 2006, claims to have published over 10 million documents in what the US government later described as "one of the largest compromises of classified information in the history of the United States".
Assange, 52, was charged with conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information.
For years, the US has argued that the Wikileaks files - which disclosed information about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars - endangered lives.
He has spent the last five years in a British prison, from where he has been fighting extradition to the US.
According to CBS, the BBC's US partner, Assange will spend no time in US custody and will receive credit for the time spent incarcerated in the UK. Before that, he had taken refuge in Ecuador's London embassy for seven years.
Assange will return to Australia, according to a letter from the justice department.
He and his lawyers had long claimed that the case against him was politically motivated.
In April, US President Joe Biden said that he was considering a request from Australia to drop the prosecution against Assange.
US prosecutors had originally wanted to try the Wikileaks founder on 18 counts - mostly under the Espionage Act - over the release of confidential US military records and diplomatic messages related to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Wikileaks, which Assange founded in 2006, claims to have published over 10 million documents in what the US government later described as "one of the largest compromises of classified information in the history of the United States".
Some sense at last, what a waste of time and money, just because the state wants to prove it's in charge and wants to slap the little man. Hopefully he can now go away and die quietly, after signing autographs for Abe on his latest novel.
black on black crime is important for the music scene tbh
keep it up guise
Whoever gets killed their momma be like
was a good footballer, had a great future ahead of him
blah blah
man in blue beemer shd have ran both of them over
Not to mention his many supporters blocking The Strand outside the Royal Courts of Justice when I was trying to get to work!
Fair play to the buggers mind - they were dancing and singing on my way in at 8am and still at it on my way to the station 10 hours later...
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They probably been there since occupy London.Not to mention his many supporters blocking The Strand outside the Royal Courts of Justice when I was trying to get to work!
Fair play to the buggers mind - they were dancing and singing on my way in at 8am and still at it on my way to the station 10 hours later...
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Just read about this monster going to the Olympics.
This is disgusting from the Dutch sports team. This nobber also thinks it's unfair he's being branded a *****. Saw it on telegraph but there's a paywall
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.th...ws-story/08da61d64fb7038bf1ca22f3d614a814?amp
This is disgusting from the Dutch sports team. This nobber also thinks it's unfair he's being branded a *****. Saw it on telegraph but there's a paywall
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.th...ws-story/08da61d64fb7038bf1ca22f3d614a814?amp
That bird who crashed her Range Rover into a school in Wimbledon and killed two kids won’t face charges. Had an epileptic seizure for the very first time behind the wheel. Parents are understandably unhappy with the CPS.
To be fair, my wifes cousin had that happen to him in his 50s and he blacked out whilst driving. Went into the middle of the barrier on dual carriageway. Was super lucky he wasnt more hurt and no one else was. He doesnt drive anymore and they didn't find out why it happened
A 25 Yr old had a first ever fit in work 2 weeks ago...weird but it's not unheard of.
Probably brought on by all the fumes from ten ****s trying to spray him with slightly different Paco Robanne aftershaves.