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Steve Kroft interviewed Julian Assange, the controversial founder of WikiLeaks who shook the world when he began releasing government secrets online, in 2011. Assange has agreed to plead guilty to violating the Espionage Act, ending his longstanding legal battle with the U.S. government.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to his native Australia as a free man on Wednesday. In a deal brokered by the Justice Department, Assange pleaded guilty to a single felony charge for publishing U.S. military secrets. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio is in the Australian capital of Canberra with more.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been released after he pleaded guilty to a felony charge of revealing government secrets. It was part of a plea deal that allowed him to return to Australia for the first time in more than a decade.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to Australia for the first time in almost 14 years after pleading guilty to 1 charge of publishing U.S. military secrets.
Julian Assange founded the WikiLeaks website, which published thousands of confidential leaked documents from sources including the U.S. government, large corporations and personal emails.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has pleaded guilty to violating the Espionage Act at a courthouse in the U.S. commonwealth island of Saipan. Charlie D'Agata has more on the plea deal that will set Assange free after a 12-year legal battle.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is expected to plead guilty to one count of violating the Espionage Act as part of a plea agreement with the U.S. government. CBS News Justice Department reporter Rob Legare breaks down the deal's terms.
WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange is out of a British prison and on his way to a remote Island in the Pacific where he's expected to plead guilty to violating the Espionage Act. The plea, pending a judge's approval, would allow Assange to return to his home country of Australia. CBS News Justice Department reporter Robert Legare has more.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty to one count of violating the Espionage Act. Assange is not expected to spend time incarcerated in the U.S. as he will be credited with time served in a U.K. prison. Charlie D'Agata has the latest.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty to one count of violating the Espionage Act. A federal grand jury indicted Assange in 2019 on 18 counts over his alleged role in leaking classified government information about U.S. military action in Iraq and Afghanistan. CBS News Justice Department reporter Rob Legare has more.
If extradited to the U.S., Julian Assange faces a potential 175 years in prison for publishing classified information about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The wife of Julian Assange says President Biden's latest remarks about the jailed WikiLeaks founder are "a good sign."
A U.K. court delayed plans to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is charged in the U.S. with espionage and computer intrusion over leaked classified documents on America's wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab breaks down the assurances the U.K. seeks before extradition occurs.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will not be extradited immediately to the U.S. as a U.K. court demands further assurances from U.S. officials.
The extradition hearing for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange concluded Wednesday in the U.K., but a ruling isn't expected immediately. Judges are determining whether Assange will be granted a new appeal hearing against the British government's 2022 decision that he can be legally extradited to the United States. BBC News correspondent Nicky Schiller has more.
The extradition hearing for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange concluded Wednesday in the United Kingdom. Assange faces 18 espionage charges in the U.S. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab breaks down the case.
A court hearing Tuesday could give WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange his final chance to avoid going on trial in the U.S. Assange has been in a British prison since 2019, he is wanted by the U.S. for leaking secret military files more than a decade ago. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab is following the story from London.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange sits in a jail in the U.K. awaiting his final appeal over extradition to the United States to face charges under the Espionage Act. He faces a critical court hearing today in his final bid to evade extradition.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is facing a U.K. court ruling on his final bid to stop his extradition to the U.S. to face espionage charges.
"In our catastrophic time - when we have so many wars - to destroy art is much more taboo than to destroy the life of a person," Andrei Molodkin says.
Stella Assange is battling her husband's extradition to the U.S. to stand trial for divulging U.S. military secrets about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The UK is ordering the extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the U.S. The Australian faces 17 charges of espionage and one charge of computer misuse. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams breaks down this major milestone in Assange's legal saga.
The U.K. government has cleared the way for WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange to be sent to the U.S. to face trial on espionage charges. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams reports on why the U.K. is allowing Assange's extradition and his options for an appeal.
The British government has ordered the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges. Holly Williams reports.
Britain's courts said the WikiLeaks founder's extradition would not "be oppressive, unjust or an abuse of process," but he's likely to appeal the order.
