 Plans to plead guilty to a conspiracy charge this week as part of a plea deal with the U.S., with the Justice Department specifically, that will allow him to go free 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. The letter from Justice Department official Matthew McKenzie to U.S. District Judge Ramona Megalona of the Northern Mariana Islands District