How crypto helped set Julian Assange free
WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange has been freed from a UK prison after striking a plea deal with the US that allows him to return to his native Australia on the condition that he pleads guilty to one count of espionage. Assange spent five years in prison and seven years in Ecuador’s London embassy while fighting against his extradition to the US. He faced 18 espionage charges over the leaking of confidential military data, records from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and US diplomatic cables. Assange flew to Bangkok on Tuesday and, after a short stopover, will proceed to Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands where he will appear before a US Federal Court. There, he will plead guilty to conspiring to obtain and disclose classified US national defense documents. It’s reported that he can expect to face no extra jail time due to the five years he’s already spent in prison Julian is free!!!! Words cannot express our immense gratitude to YOU- yes YOU, who have all mob...