Today, we're bringing you an episode from our archive.

It’s been 17 years since Julian Assange created Wikileaks, the online publisher of classified documents that has changed politics forever. For eleven of those years, Assange has either been in hiding, or in prison.

But why is Assangestill in prison? When American whistleblower, Chelsea Manning, who was sentenced to 35 years for leaking secret government files to Wikileaks, has already been set free?

On this episode, foreign affairs and national security correspondent Matthew Knott on the unusual group of Australian politicians who visited Washington, in a bid to finally free Assange. And whether his fate will ultimately be determined by whoever holds the American presidency.

This episode first aired on September 18, 2023.

Today, we're bringing you an episode from our archive.
It’s been 17 years since Julian Assange created Wikileaks, the online publisher of classified documents that has changed politics forever. For eleven of those years, Assange has either been in hiding, or in prison.
But why is Assange still in prison? When American whistleblower, Chelsea Manning, who was sentenced to 35 years for leaking secret government files to Wikileaks, has already been set free?
On this episode, foreign affairs and national security correspondent Matthew Knott on the unusual group of Australian politicians who visited Washington, in a bid to finally free Assange. And whether his fate will ultimately be determined by whoever holds the American presidency.
This episode first aired on September 18, 2023.

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The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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