U.S. unveils espionage charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

The U.S. Justice Department unveiled 17 criminal charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday, saying he unlawfully published the names of classified sources and conspired and assisted ex-Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning in obtaining access to classified information.The superseding indictment comes a little more than a month after the Justice Department unsealed a narrower criminal case against Assange.