How the US and Assange reached a plea deal - and what it means

Movement toward a plea deal picked up pace at the beginning of this year when Albanese said publicly that "this thing cannot just go on and on indefinitely."

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A US judge freed Julian Assange on June 26 in a plea deal that ends years of legal drama for the WikiLeaks founder, long wanted by Washington for revealing military secrets. (Photo by AFP)
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After more than thirteen years in England, including five years spent in prison, Julian Assange pleaded guilty in the Northern Mariana Islands, a far-flung US territory in the