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Assange: I Broke the Law But the Law Is Wrong
• Consortium NewsAfter formalizing his plea agreement with the United States at a U.S. federal court on the Mariana Islands Wednesday, Julian Assange flew to his native Australia, a newly liberated man.
The publisher and journalist, who did more than anyone in the past 20 years to expose U.S. crimes to a world saturated in U.S. propaganda obscuring them, was expected to speak publicly for the first time since his release in Canberra, the Australian capital. [He did not appear at Canberra press conferences on Wednesday and Thursday.]
This was the scene at the airport in Canberra when Assange arrived Wednesday night:
JULIAN ASSANGE IS FREE!!
— Free Assange - #FreeAssange (@FreeAssangeNews) June 26, 2024
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