He obviously knew about it, hell most of us figured this would happen. Would we really tell the enemy that far in advance where the meeting was? Not to mention they have already met, so I don't get the need for another meeting. It's possible they already met there, but I really doubt it. I think that was to get us to dig info on that building.
Laser pointer is for distractions, but we all knew that. This whole cancelations is media distraction and a set up for them to fail.