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Leonard Rish was a journalist who was in fact an al-Qaeda operative.

Biography[]

Pre-Series[]

NCIS Season 1[]

Personality[]

Physical Appearance[]

Abilities[]

Firearms[]

Having presumably been trained in the use of weaponry including guns, Rish was able to assemble and load a machine gun he had taken the armory on board in Air Force One with ammo in seconds.

Victims[]

  • Navy Commander Ray Trapp- (poisoned his uniform with venom from a Coastal Taipan, causing Trapp to suffer both a fatal heart attack and stroke, resulting in his death).
  • Marine Major Timothy Kerry- (suffered the same fate as Trapp).
  • Stan, Rish's cameraman- (poisoned).
  • President George W. Bush- (attempted to get into his quarters to kill the President, failed).
  • Leroy Jethro Gibbs- (attempted to kill, ultimately failed).

Trivia[]

  • Rish holds the distinction of being the first ever villain of the entire NCIS solo series and also the first ever criminal of the NCIS main series to have died in a shootout between himself and an NCIS Special Agent.
  • The episode A Thousand Yards reveals that Rish has a daughter named Lindsey Wexler.
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