“He Steals Data, He’s Not A Journalist“ | Julian Assange Saga Ends After He Is Freed From Prison

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is travelling to a remote island in the Pacific where his long-running campaign to avoid extradition to the United States will formally end and he will be a free man. Assange will appear before a judge in the US territory of the Northern Mariana Islands to plead guilty to one charge after the US dropped 17 other espionage charges against him. He will then fly to his native Australia to be reunited with his wife, two young sons and other members of the family. The move follows his dramatic release from Belmarsh Prison in London where he has spent five years, largely in solitary confinement, fighting extradition. He will pay half a million US dollars (£394,000) for a chartered flight from Stansted, accompanied by a WikiLeaks lawyer, a representative of the Australian government and a medic to check on his health. WikiLeaks has launched a fundraising campaign to pay for the flight. Click here for more from Talk