Julian Assange is an Australian journalist, computer programmer, and founder of WikiLeaks, a non-profit organization known for publishing classified information and leaks . Assange gained international attention in 2010 when WikiLeaks released classified US military and diplomatic documents, including the Iraq War Logs and the Afghanistan War Diary, provided by former US army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning. Ever since 2019, the United States has pursued Assange's extradition on charges related to espionage and hacking activities.