Hi King, long time no see........
yes, that can be argued.......but no defense for anonymous people to be leak-commenting on what they admit are not public matters yet........
thought that was against the rules, and have now seen this tactic a number of times for various Cos:
"people familiar with XYZ have said that ABC is happening, but chose to remain unidentified, since this is still a private matter"
(since it's illegal, maybe, as a wild guess)???