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British Court Rejects U.S. Request To Extradite WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange

By NPR News January 4, 2021

Supporters of Julian Assange with sign supporting him

A British court has denied a request from U.S. officials to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on charges of illegally obtaining and sharing classified material related to national security. The judge cited the risk of suicide if Assange is sent to U.S. custody.Read More

Judge Orders Chelsea Manning Released From Jail

By NPR News March 12, 2020

Chelsea Manning, a former intelligence analyst, was ordered released from jail in Alexandria, Va., where she was held for not testifying in the WikiLeaks investigation. CREDIT: Win McNamee/Getty Images

The former Army intelligence analyst was behind bars for not testifying before a grand jury. The order for her release came the day after her lawyers said she attempted to kill herself. Read More

Julian Assange Extradition Hearing Begins In London

By NPR News February 24, 2020

The U.S. government wants the WikiLeaks co-founder to face 18 charges related to illegally obtaining and disclosing classified data. Assange's lawyers argue that the case is politically motivated.Read More

Sweden Reopens Inquiry Into Julian Assange Over Rape Allegations

By NPR News May 13, 2019

State prosecutor Eva-Marie Persson announced Monday that Sweden is reopening its investigation of Julian Assange over rape allegations from 2010. CREDIT: Jonathan Nackstrand /AFP/Getty Images

Swedish prosecutors will file a European arrest warrant for the WikiLeaks founder. They had idled the case while Assange was holed up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.Read More

Chelsea Manning Is Freed From Jail, Faces New Subpoena In WikiLeaks Case

By NPR News May 11, 2019

Chelsea Manning, a former military intelligence analyst, was freed after refusing to testify about WikiLeaks, but she now faces a new subpoena. CREDIT: Ford Fischer/News2Share/Reuters

Manning is due to return to federal court on May 16. Despite an offer of immunity, she has refused to answer questions about WikiLeaks, saying she already has shared everything she knows.Read More

How Much Did WikiLeaks Damage U.S. National Security?

By NPR News April 12, 2019

WikiLeaks has made multiple disclosures over the past decade, including one in March 2017 when the group released what it said were CIA technical documents on a range of spying techniques. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

This question has been a source of debate since the group published hundreds of thousands of U.S. military documents and diplomatic cables in 2010, many related to U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.Read More

How A ‘Court Records Nerd’ Discovered The Government May Be Charging Julian Assange

By NPR News November 18, 2018

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could soon be facing criminal charges from the Department of Justice, according to language discovered in an unrelated court document by terrorism researcher Seamus Hughes.

One minute, Seamus Hughes was reading the book 'Dragons Love Tacos' to his son. The next minute, he stumbled on what could be one of the most closely guarded secrets within the U.S. government. Read More