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Julian Assange, free after pleading guilty, set to return to Australia

Foto: AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth
Washington Post
Kelly Kasulis Cho & Ellen NakashimaThe Washington Post

Julian Assange, the founder of the anti-secrecy site WikiLeaks, pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of violating the Espionage Act in a U.S. federal court in the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. territory in the Pacific Ocean, bringing an end to a years-long legal saga that spanned five countries.

Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona sentenced Assange, who…