It is leaked, it's not first time this journo had line-ups before they are publicly announced. The main problem is not if it is just publicly leaked 15 minutes or 2 days before public announcement, though you can bet Apple wouldn't be happy if it's announcement is leaked just before their presentation of new product, the main problem is leakage itself and security incident it brings.
The leakage may have not went public longer than those 15 minutes, but once it's leaked, it could. if we can't believe someon from our own camp to not leak nsiide info, how the one who is leaking or anyone from us, could believe the journo who got the info. And it could cause the problems and jeopardize the qualification to the next round of CL. And that's huge issue. I know why people are trying to not make a big deal here and who they are protecting, but it's a big deal. Now more than ever, when we are faced with potential loss of 150-200 million.