Rob Kirkland is the one who had people break into Patrick's room and stole the information okay but we all know Kirkland isn't Red John but who do we know that Kirkland tells everything to Gale Bertram remember the scene where Gale and Kirkland were talking about Lisbon they said can we trust her? so that means Gale knows what Kirkland knows but Kirkland doesn't know that Gale aka Red John is only interested in working with him is so he knows what they know and he can always be one step ahead