 after having spent five years in a British prison, according to court documents, Assange was charged by criminal information, which typically signifies a plea deal, with conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information, a letter from Justice Department official Matthew McKenzie to U.S. District Judge Ramona Megalona of the Northern Mariana Islands District, so that Assange would appear in court at 9 a.m. local time on Wednesday to plead guilty to