it's inane to think that the times would be "all over it".
Certainly other analysts are taking the position that the leaking was from the trumpeters:
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-leak-mueller-questions-experts-906857
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/385602-muellers-former-assistant-says-grammatical-errors-prove-leaked-questions-came
Apparently the leaked info wasn't the actual questions - rather notes regarding the questions. Mueller's team would have the actual questions, teets.