 noting Gershkovich was a journalist working with full accreditation from the Russian Foreign Ministry at the time of his arrest. Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is now back in his native Australia after pleading guilty to one count of espionage and being credited with time served in a UK prison. Assange pleaded guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets, raising his fist as he emerged from a plane that landed in Cumbria, Australia today.