After reading enough of these unchallenged self-serving not-responsible-for-deliberate-lies voice-of-pretend-authority that's-not-piss-in-your-ear-it's-rain official-unofficial off-the-record comments, one concludes that they never have an ounce of truth to them, so the parties that theoretically would care about unauthorized disclosures are right to ignore them completely.
[EDIT] Wow, there must be a bunch of "journalists" on HN! Never mind me, just go back to parroting exactly what TPTB tell you, but not for attribution, so that none of the lies you tell on their behalf can be challenged.