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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet on Wednesday, hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that concludes a drawn-out legal saga.

The criminal case of international intrigue, which had played out for years, came to a surprise end in a most unusual setting with Assange, 52, entering his plea in a U.S. district court in Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands. The American commonwealth in the Pacific is relatively close to Assange’s native Australia and accommodated his desire to avoid entering the continental United States.

Assange was accused of receiving and publishing hundreds of thousands of war logs and diplomatic cables that included details of U.S. military wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan. His activities drew an outpouring of support from press freedom advocates, who heralded his role in bringing to light military conduct that might otherwise have been concealed from view and warned of a chilling effect on journalists. Among the files published by WikiLeaks was a video of a 2007 Apache helicopter attack by American forces in Baghdad that killed 11 people, including two Reuters journalists.

Assange raised his right fist as he emerged for the plane and his supporters at the Canberra airport cheered from a distance. Dressed in the same suit and tie he wore during his earlier court appearance, he embraced his wife Stella Assange and father John Shipton who were waiting on the tarmac.

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[–] ralphio@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Could you explain why Russia would give him the RNC emails if they didn't want them published? I've seen this claim go unchallenged many times.

[–] ganksy@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I can't explain their motives. ~~I can only say WikiLeaks had them but did not release~~.

Edit: nope can't say that. Apparently that was just an embolism. Nothing to see here just mopping up my pride.

[–] ralphio@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Typing this into duckduckgo shows me nothing about the them having the RNC emails:

did wikileaks have rnc emails

Not a single link. Please provide the link that says they had them. If you can't read in between the lines, I'm saying what you said is untrue but gets repeated constantly.

[–] ganksy@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You're right. I absolutely cannot find that wikileaks had RNC info. I've searched quite a bit determined to find what I remember but nada.

There is this but about DCLeaks having but releasing a bit of republican info on Trump's primary challengers

On August 12, 2016, DCLeaks released roughly 300 emails from Republican targets, including the 2016 campaign staff of Arizona Senator John McCain, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, and 2012 presidential candidate and former Minnesota Representative Michele Bachmann.[13] The release included 18 emails from the Illinois Republican Party.[18]

But that is not what I remember and certainly doesn't help my case.

I apologize. Either my memory fails me or I was mislead (or both). Certainly does not refute Assange being a channel for Russia to get trump elected but does make me look like a tool.

[–] ralphio@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Appreciate the reply. And sorry for being a bit of a dick about it. It's just one of my pet peeves since seeing it repeated for years.

[–] ganksy@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I think you were perfectly reserved in your response. It helped me not dig in or just blow it off and not respond. Thanks!