Assange returns to Australia after pleading guilty to US espionage charge

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has returned to Australia after pleading guilty to obtaining and sharing classified documents about the U.S. military.

He pleaded guilty for conspiring with Chelsea Manning, a former U.S. intelligence analyst, to obtain and disclose the classified documents. He entered his plea in a U.S. district court in Saipan, which is the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, before returning to his homeland of Australia.

Reuters reported that he received a warm welcome upon his arrival Wednesday...