The original claim is that Apple conducted it's own investigation and refused to cooperate with the FBI on the matter. They (apple) have refuted this claim and

The original claim is that Apple conducted it's own investigation and refused to cooperate with the FBI on the matter. They (apple) have refuted this claim and said they're also not under any form of NSL or gag order. Your suggestion is that both accounts are false, and that a secret government run investigation was run without Apple management's knowledge, but involving Apple datacenter staff, who are in fact under some form of NSL/gag order? Perhaps you should go work for Bloomberg, they'll run your theory as gospel next week.