WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Returns to Australia After Plea Deal

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has returned to Australia for the first time in more than a decade after reaching a plea deal with the U.S. Justice Department. Assange, who pleaded guilty to a single felony charge of conspiring to obtain and disclose classified U.S. national defense documents, was released as part of the agreement. His return marks a significant moment in a lengthy legal saga that has seen Assange spend the past five years in a British prison.

Assange touched down in Canberra on Wednesday evening, arriving from. . .