Assange Free: Why did the US Chase the WikiLeaks Founder so Hard?

Assange Free: Why did the US chase the WikiLeaks founder so hard?

Julian Assange’s freedom has come after a 12-year battle to avoid extradition to the US to face charges for publishing sensitive military files that would have seen him serve 175 years in prison if found guilty.

In 2010 he published over 250,000 US diplomatic cables, including a trove of leaks from former US soldier Chelsea Manning (then Bradley Manning), with the horrifying Collateral Murder video showing Apache helicopters gunning down 11 Iraqis as the pilots laughed.

Manning was convicted and jailed after a criminal investigation - although later had the sentence commuted - while Assange sought refuge in Ecuador’s London embassy facing sexual assault allegations in Sweden, before being jailed when Quito withdrew his asylum and launched a five-year battle to appeal his extradition.

Source: https://t.me/rtnews/65314