How Julian Assange, US prosecutors arrived at plea deal to end his case
By
Binu Mathew
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is back in Australia as a free man, having resolved through a plea deal a US Justice Department case charging him with obtaining and publishing government secrets on his secret-spilling website.
It was a stunning resolution to a polarising drama that landed at the intersection of press freedom and national security, spanned three presidential administrations and played out across multiple continents.