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According to Gizmodo.com, "Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who was arrested in London last month after seven years in an Ecuadorian embassy, is now reportedly facing new charges of espionage in the United States." Thursday, May 23rd, Prosecutors gave Assange an 18-count indictment for violating the Espionage Act. Assange was a part of the release of 725,000 documents during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars in 2010.

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