388‘Julian Assange is free’: Wikileaks founder freed in deal with US(www.aljazeera.com)posted 3 months ago byzephyreks@lemmy.mlMin worldnews@lemmy.mlView comments32 commentssavehidereportSort:HotTopControversialNewOldYou are viewing a single thread.View all comments View context [ +- ]tacosplease@lemmy.world1 point3 months agoWhat do you mean? permalinksavereportparentreply[ +- ]zik@lemmy.world6 points3 months ago*They wanted to make an example of someone. His thumbing his nose at the US government was well publicised, so they made their revenge on him very public too. permalinksavereportparentreply[ +- ]CyberMonkey404@lemmy.ml1 point3 months agoHe pleaded guilty and agreed to delete “secret documents”, whatever the hell that would be, as part of the deal permalinksavereportparentreply