Julian Assange was released from a high-security UK prison on Monday morning and is now en route to the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. territory in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. He is travelling to the island of Saipan as part of a plea agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was freed by British authorities on Monday as part of a deal where he will appear before a Federal Judge without stepping foot on the mainland United States. As reported overnight, under the deal Mr Assange will plead guilty to one count of conspiring to obtain and disclose national defence information before being released to his native Australia.
Assange’s plane, a leased private jet, left London on Monday evening and flew overnight to Bangkok Don Mueang International Airport in Thailand for a layover. The aircraft has filed flight plans for the next…
