 Officially. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is now officially a free man after pleading guilty to one charge of espionage in a court in Saipan in front of a U.S. federal judge who sentenced him to time already served in prison. Speaking outside the courthouse, Assange's chief U.S. lawyer, Barry J. Pollack, said Assange should never have been charged under the Espionage Act. He has suffered tremendously in his fight for free speech.