Yes, indeed. It's a way of compartmentalizing the situation and seeing exactly what's missing, and what we may have overlooked.

[He's a logical man, and breaking down something like this in a way that he can see different sides of it is not unlike trying to see the hidden sides of a Rubik's Cube he needs to solve, in his opinion.]

We're so lacking on information now that anything I could do to get more information would be useful.