So using anonymous sources is ok, as long as there is an intermediary? Gotcha.
Wheeler was the guy who actually dealt with Seth Rich in the logistics of getting the data to Wikileaks.
Isn't that what Wheeler is claiming?
Furthermore, in this way, Julian Assange is able to claim that it was NOT him that gave up the identity of the source.
Assange is waiting for a full pardon from President Trump in exchange for his sworn testimony regarding Seth Rich.