'I am free because I pleaded guilty to journalism': Assange accuses CIA of repression

’I am free because I pleaded guilty to journalism’: Assange accuses CIA of repression The WikiLeaks founder spoke at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg for the first time since his release. Key points from the speech: WikiLeaks revealed the CIA’s infiltration of French political parties, spying on European leaders and economic ministries. After that, CIA Director Pompeo began a campaign of retaliation. The CIA targeted Assange, his family and colleagues: “A CIA officer was assigned to keep constant surveillance on my wife and was instructed to obtain DNA from my six-month-old son’s diaper.“ US intelligence agencies were developing plans to kidnap and murder Assange in London, and his associates in Europe were victims of theft and hacker attacks. Justice for Assange is now out of the question as the US government insists on a plea deal Assange pleaded guilty to “journalism, obtaining information from a source, informing the public, but nothing else“ The rights of journalists an... Source: Slavyangrad