He is the Wikileaks founder. Now, he's walked free from a US court after pleading guilty in a deal to end a legal battle that has lasted for years. Yeah, that's right. Now, yesterday Assange was released from a prison in the UK, where he's been for the last five years, and now he's back in his home country of Australia. His organisation, Wikileaks, published secret US military records in 2010. Now, Assange has pleaded guilty to one charge connected to espionage – that's spying.
Now, this is a controversial and complicated story. Some people see Assange as a hero and others see him as a criminal. Now, we have a headline here which describes what has been happening and it's from NPR. The headline is 'Wiki leaks founder Julian Assange strikes plea deal with the US'.
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