In October, The New York Times published a profile on Assange with some accounts from former members of the project. An insider told DN.se, “The two organizations are similar in that aspect that both are focusing on providing means for whistleblowers to anonymously provide the public with information.” 
 
 Where the two services will differ, it appears, is both from a management and publishing perspective. Rather than receiving and publishing leaked info directly, OpenLeaks will let other collaborating organizations access its system and publish the material, a clearinghouse firewall that may help the new group avoid espionage charges. According to the internal documents shared with DN.se, Openleaks intends to establish itself as a neutral intermediary ”without a political agenda except from the dissemination of information to the media, the public, non-profit organizations, trade- and union organizations and other participating groups.” 
 
 “All editorial control and responsibility rests with the publishing organization. We will, as far as possible, take the role of the messenger between the whistleblower and the organization the whistleblower is trying to cooperate with.” 
 
 The source continued: 
 
 “As a result of our intention not to publish any document directly and in our own name, we do not expect to experience the kind of political pressure which WikiLeaksWikileaks is under at this time. In that aspect, it is quite interesting to see how little of politicians’ anger seems directed at the newspapers using WikiLeaks sources.” 
 
 On the one hand, yes, simply acting as a broker of sensitive information may constitute less legal or political pressures for an organization.
– Former workers for the beleaguered WikiLeaks have a new whistle-blowing project, and it’s set to launch Monday, Mashable reports. Openleaks, whose founders left WikiLeaks over differences with Julian Assange, hopes to act “as far as possible” as a “messenger” between whistleblowers and publishers of leaked material. That way, “all editorial control and responsibility rests with the publishing organization,” an insider tells the Swedish news site DN.se. “As a result of our intention not to publish any document directly and in our own name, we do not expect to experience the kind of political pressure which WikiLeaks is under at this time,” the insider says. “In that aspect, it is quite interesting to see how little of politicians’ anger seems directed at the newspapers using WikiLeaks sources.” The Daily Intel has more on the WikiLeaks rift and its spawn.