There's also the possibility that this information is just made up by the leaker in an attempt to look better for a coming lawsuit. A possibility: analyst941 a

There's also the possibility that this information is just made up by the leaker in an attempt to look better for a coming lawsuit. A possibility: analyst941 and the Apple employee are the same person. They leaked for whatever reason. After they were caught/fired, they fabricated this story about analyst941 actually being the sibling (with a real sibling's blessing). The sibling will not be in any trouble, because they didn't sign a confidentiality agreement - so it seems a loving sibling might sign on to play this role. The ex-employee could face a lawsuit, and the lawsuit will look much better for the ex-employee if they merely told a sibling all these things(who then had loose lips), vs if the ex-employee specifically went to MacRumors message board to leak the info to the general public.