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[zardo]

Well not necessarily fake. They're officials in the press office doing the "leaking".

[dylan604 → zardo]

I was going to comment similar as well. Anonymous leaks are typically "offical" sources releasing info as a trial balloon to test which way the political winds are blowing. This provides plausible deniablility if the winds blow in unfriendly directions.