Forget "Sources close to...". How about news right from the horse's (Rick Berman) mouth?
In the last issue (Vol 6, no. 3) issue of Cinescape, there was an article about the future of the Trek franchise in which Rick Berman states that all three of the rumors mentioned on the mentioned web page are false.
Starfleet Acadamy
Mission Impossible (aka special ops)
...and...
Early days of the Federation
I don't know if the Cinescape web page mentions any of this, but you can check it here.
Slashdot Mirror
Forget "Sources close to...". How about news right from the horse's (Rick Berman) mouth?
In the last issue (Vol 6, no. 3) issue of Cinescape, there was an article about the future of the Trek franchise in which Rick Berman states that all three of the rumors mentioned on the mentioned web page are false.
I don't know if the Cinescape web page mentions any of this, but you can check it here.
That's my $0.02.