Leaks

(1) Does "leaks" here refer to "deliberately leaks"?
(2)Does "taped" mean "recorded"?

Thanks in anticipation

Context:

"I do think that there is a norm that when there are investigations, we don't operate on innuendo and we don't operate on incomplete information and we don't operate on leaks," Obama said in the interview, which was taped Tuesday. "We operate based on concrete decisions that are made."

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