Julian would not have survived without plea deal – Assange’s father to RT

The US is “ruthless and vindictive” in pursuit of those it does not like, John Shipton has said

John Shipton, the father of WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange, has spoken to RT about his son’s plea deal with the US and what the publisher has been doing since regaining his freedom four months ago.

Assange spent five years in a high-security prison in the UK as he fought extradition to the US, which had accused him of unlawfully obtaining and disclosing classified information...