WikiLeaks mainly benefited Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Russian intelligence. That leaves Julian Assange’s claim to be a hero of press freedom forever tainted.
Fifteen years is too long for an individual to be locked away in foreign embassies and prisons, a sentiment clearly felt in the Albanese government.
It’s to the good that Australian citizen Julian Assange is on his way back home through a plea deal to be played out on the US Pacific territory of Saipan.
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