"Cohen knows as much about the J's settlement as we do, which unfortunately for the time being is jack sh*t."
Well, that's your opinion, I doubt that Cohen knows zero (as we do) - they may not know the details, but the "huge win" phrase implies they might have get to known the direction of the settlement...
IMHO Dutton and Cohen are playing a significant role in Patriot's communication strategy (not to forget about Agoracom!), therefore nothing is said without the knowledge of their "communications master" = PTSC. Anything else would be completely unusual in my experience (which is only two decades long, so nothing to rely on...).
End of day here = take care and GLTA