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Could someone please explain WikiLeaks?

Thanks!
gpt
Like you're five, eh 5th Grade...

Imagine you are a student in a 5th grade class. One day you stumble across the journal sitting open on the floor of another student named Johnny. In this journal you read that Johnny admits to stealing small amounts of everyone's lunch money while everyone is out during recess. He gives all the detail on how he just steals enough change that no one ever notices, and that he even uses that money to buy apples for the teachers to suck up to them. Johnny has been stealing lunch money from the other students, you have proof, so what should you do?

Should you go to the teacher or principal? **No!** 

You can't because Johnny is loved by all the teachers because he always sucks up to them with little gifts. Gifts that he buys with the lunch money he steals from the other students. If you go to a teacher, you risk being called a tattle-tale. You might even be punished by staying after school. 

Should you tell your friends? **No!**

Everyone is friends with Johnny, and likes him. If word got around that you were spreading rumors about him, it will probably get to him. Now, you'd have Johnny and his friends pushing you around during recess. Also, your friends may lose trust in you because you looked through Johnny's stuff.

**But wait!** You remember one student came up with an anonymous way to tattle. Little Assange in the other class came up with a way where you would bundle up all the information you have, and toss it in a secret dropbox for him to collect later. Assange never knows who dropped the info in his dropbox, so your identity is safe.

A couple days later, everyone walks into their classes to find copies of Johnny's journal pages detailing his crimes all over the blackboards. Some portions are highlighted, like when he *kinda got caught by Mrs. McCarthy, but was let go because he said that's the money he uses to buy her favorite candy bars.*

Now, Johnny is in deep shit, the teachers are all shocked and angered at the same time, Little Assange loves to deal with the publicity, and (most importantly) no one knows you were the one who blew the whistle.