Assange is Free, But Never Forget How the Press Turned on Him
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Assange is Free, But Never Forget How the Press Turned on Him

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is free, having struck a deal with the United States Justice Department that will credit him for time served and allow him to go home. As someone who campaigned against his detention, I’m happy for him, his wife Stella, his brother Gabriel Shipton, and the other members of his inner circle who kept the case in the public eye all these years. They deserve to celebrate today. Despite the fact that the plea was carefully crafted to say the state never proved its...