阿桑奇，同意认罪

据外媒报道，当地时间26日上午，在美属北马里亚纳群岛首府塞班岛的美国联邦法院，“维基揭密”网站创始人阿桑奇对美国司法部指控他的一项违反美国间谍法的重罪认罪，这同时意味着他将重获自由。

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange pleaded guilty in a US court in Saipan on Wednesday, in a plea bargain that will leave him a free man after years of legal drama.

The 52-year-old admitted to a single count of conspiracy to obtain and disseminate national defense information in the courtroom in the Northern Mariana Islands, a Pacific US territory.

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He was released on Monday from a high-security British prison where he had been held for five years while he fought extradition to the United States.

据此前报道，美联社援引一份美国司法部提交给联邦法庭的文件称，阿桑奇准备对《间谍法》中“共谋获取和披露美国国防机密文件”的指控认罪。美国全国公共广播电台称，若认罪行为得到法官批准，阿桑奇可能面临62个月的刑期。考虑到阿桑奇已在英国贝尔马什监狱中被关押了5年，他不用再额外服刑。

On Wednesday, he is expected to be sentenced to five years and two months in prison, with credit for the same amount of time he spent behind bars in Britain.

After the hearing is done, Assange will fly to Canberra in Australia, WikiLeaks said on social media platform X.

来源：环球时报 美联社 法新社