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Thursday, November 08, 2012

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Bradley Manning Offers To Plead Guilty To Lesser Charges

Army Pfc. Bradley Manning (right) is escorted out of a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., on June 25, 2012. His lawyer announced that Manning, who is accused of leaking classified information to WikiLeaks, had agreed to plead guilty to lesser charges.

November 8, 2012 It's the first indication that the Army private will acknowledge that he leaked classified information to the whistle-blowing website Wikieaks. The government could still try him on the 22 counts with which he is charged, including aiding the enemy. He faces life in prison.

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Thursday, August 16, 2012

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Cut Diplomatic Ties? Hide Him In A Crate? How Might Assange Standoff End?

Metropolitan Police Officers outside the main door of the Ecuadorian embassy in London. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is inside.

August 16, 2012 As the WikiLeaks founder remains holed up in Ecuador's London embassy, theories are emerging about how British police might get to him — and how he might be able to avoid arrest and get out of the country.

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Ecuador Gives WikiLeaks' Assange Asylum

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

August 16, 2012 The WikiLeaks founder has been living in Ecuador's London embassy since June. He's trying to avoid being extradited to Sweden, which wants to question him about allegations of sexual misconduct. Assange says his enemies want to eventually send him to the U.S.

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Thursday, July 05, 2012

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WikiLeaks Begins Release Of 2.4 Million Emails Linked To Syrian Officials

WikiLeaks' webpage for its "Syria Files."

July 5, 2012 The whistle-blowing website says the exchanges will embarrass some western companies.

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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

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If WikiLeaks' Assange Steps Out, He's Due To Be Arrested

A British police officer stood outside the Ecuadorian consulate in London earlier today, as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange remained inside.

June 20, 2012 He's reportedly still inside Ecuador's embassy in London, where he showed up Tuesday and asked for political asylum.

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Thursday, June 14, 2012

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Wikileaks Founder Loses Bid To Stop Extradition From Britain

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

June 14, 2012 Wikileaks founder Julian Assange lost an appeal to Britain's highest court to stop his extradition to Sweden, where he's wanted for questioning in connection with two sex crimes.

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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

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WikiLeaks' Assange Has Two Weeks To Appeal Extradition Decision

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange last December.

May 30, 2012 The WikiLeaks founder has been fighting Swedish authorities' efforts to question him about alleged sex assaults. Britain's highest court has now said he can be extradited. But Assange's attorneys plan to challenge that ruling.

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Saturday, March 17, 2012

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WikiLeaks Founder Assange To Run For Australian Senate

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

March 17, 2012 The Australian is angry that his government hasn't supported him over the WikiLeaks release of hundreds of thousands of secret U.S. government files. He remains under house arrest in England, fighting extradition to Sweden, where he's accused of two sex crimes.

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Monday, February 27, 2012

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WikiLeaks Starts Posting Millions Of Security Firm Stratfor's Emails

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is driven away in a taxi after leaving his hearing at the Supreme Court in London, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012.

February 27, 2012 The company calls WikiLeaks' actions deplorable and illegal. WikiLeaks says it is exposing a firm that provides "confidential intelligence services to large corporations."

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Thursday, January 12, 2012

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Court-Martial Recommended For Bradley Manning In WikiLeaks Case

Army Pvt. Bradley Manning last month.

January 12, 2012 If he does face a court martial and is convicted, Pvt. Manning could be sentenced to life in prison.

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Friday, December 16, 2011

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At Bradley Manning Hearing, His Attorney Challenges Judge

December 16, 2011 Immediately after the proceeding began, Manning's accused the judge of bias and asked that he recuse himself. Manning is accused of giving WikiLeaks thousands of pages of classified information.

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Wednesday, November 02, 2011

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WikiLeaks' Julian Assange Loses Extradition Appeal

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as he arrived at London's High Court this morning (Nov. 2, 2011).

November 2, 2011 Assange, now in the U.K., denies he sexually assaulted two women in Sweden. He hasn't been charged with any crime and says extradition may be a ruse aimed at eventually sending him to the U.S. for prosecution over the release of classified material.

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Monday, October 24, 2011

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WikiLeaks Halts Operations, May Have To Close

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange stood in front of a selection of inverted banking company logos as he spoke to journalists today in London.

October 24, 2011 "An arbitrary and unlawful financial blockade ... has destroyed 95% of our revenue," the group says.

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Friday, May 06, 2011

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Additional Guantanamo Documents Show More 'High Risk' Detainees

May 6, 2011 The new documents include details on an additional 35 detainees about whom no information had previously known.

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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

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Guantanamo Papers Reveal A Great Deal, Reporter Says

April 26, 2011 Carol Rosenberg of the Miami Herald has been reporting about the detention center for years. The previously secret documents, she says, tell us a lot about the ways U.S. personnel tried to determine which detainees were and were not dangerous.

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