Explainer: Who is Julian Assange and what is Wikileaks?

Julian Assange (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Michael Holden

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is due to plead guilty for violating U.S. espionage law in a deal that will end his imprisonment and a long legal odyssey over the release of hundreds of thousands of classified U.S. military documents.

Following are some facts about Assange and his legal case: