 What he released was footage of a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad and U.S. military logs from Afghanistan and Iraqi wars and U.S. diplomatic cables. This is where it was reported that he endangered the lives of American military personnel. Julian Assange was then scheduled to appear before a U.S. court on the island of Saipan where he was expected to plead guilty to a single violation of espionage, namely conspiring to obtain and disclose national defense information.