ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center
SOURCE: PhysOrg.com
28January2011 3:06pmEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: The new platform, called OpenLeaks, will allow sources to choose specifically who they want to submit documents to anonymously, such as to a particular news outlet, said Daniel Domscheit-Berg.
"We'd like to work with media outlets that have an interest in informing the public," he told reporters on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum meeting of top business and political leaders in the Swiss resort of Davos.
The difference between his group and WikiLeaks, he said, would be that his group leaves reviewing the material up to the publication or advocacy group chosen by the source to receive the information.
WikiLeaks has struggled to wade through the vast amounts of material it received - particularly the hundreds of thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables - and been criticized for sharing the data with only a handful of media outlets around the world. (read full report)