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Yes, but it could be said that Maeglin regained his composure with Morgoth and told him only about the location, but because Morgoth knew about Gondolin from Húrin, he was obliged to tell what he said to the Orcs.
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But if Maeglin had already given the information to the Orcs, how could he possibly believe that he could hide it from Morgoth? Surely the Orcs would tell him.
In light of this and the possibility of removing the bulk of the episode, I am really very much tempted to delete the whole thing and replace it with a suitably ambiguous ToY-style statement that agrees fully with the ToY, allowing even for the possibility that Sauron was the captor.