[VladRussian2]

he either have control over the information or he doesn't. In the case of the former, it means by transitive closure that Putin would have the control as well.

It makes me wonder though who got the best deal - Chinese or Russians - i suppose each party was thinking that they are playing off the other.

[HNaTTY]

By saying that torture wouldn't reveal the information, he's saying that he doesn't have control over the information.