Do you guys remember the toothpick Jane put in his door when he was working on the Red John list? When he saw that the door had been opened, he smiled, like he does when one of his plans are going the right way.
If Kirkland works for RJ or if RJ got his hands on the information "the old fashioned way" I don't know.
But RJ is smart, so he could easily deduce what suspects Jane would end up with from the information he had gathered.
I think that Jane laid out the "evidence" to throw RJ off.
In the new episode they said that RJ is getting desperate because Jane is getting close, but I think that he is somewhat offended that he didn't make the list or showing off how far away Jane really is and is therefor stepping up his game.
I do believe that Jane has someone entirely different in mind and I couldn't dare speculate who.