Riley McCallister was a retired NCIS Special Agent. He was a rogue agent who conspired to assassinate Leon Vance both instances, one in November 1991 and the other in November 2010.
Biography
Pre-Series
Not much known about McCallister's past but he was a NIS agent stationed in European theater. In Amsterdam 1991, he was Leon Vance's handler when he was tasked to spy on a Russian spy named Anatoly Zhukov, under Operation Trident. However, Vance was just a pawn in McCallister's plan to become NIS director; this is done by setting Vance up for murder by Zhukov and using the crisis to get himself promoted. However, his plan was foiled when Eli David informed and saved Vance with his own personal agenda to kill the Russians related to dead Israeli.
Years later, he becomes the Special Agent in Charge of San Diego branch. In 1999, he tasked Gibbs along with Decker and Shepard to assassinate Anatoly Zhukov in Paris to tie up loose ends on his attempted assassination.[1]
NCIS Season 8
He attempted to kill Leon Vance in his hospital bed by restraining the weakened director with his cane & fiddles with the morphine injector to give Leon a lethal dose. He mutters: "For once, can't you just die right?" Vance is about to die, but he has just enough awareness left to dig Gibbs's knife up under McCallister's rib cage & collapses seconds later. Leon struggles, but is still able to call his nurse. The nurse enters & immediately tends to McCallister, who has died from his injuries.
NCIS Season 9
His spirit appears in Life Before His Eyes (episode).
Personality
Physical Appearance
Known Victims
- 2010: The following were involved in the hotel bombing:
- Amit Hadar- (Killed in the bombing).
- Eli David- (Survived the bombing & left a trail for his agents to follow).
- Leon Vance- (Survived the bombing with McCallister later attempting to kill Vance once again at the hospital, a move that ultimately failed).
Proxy Victims
- 1991: Leon Vance- (Hired Anatoly Zukov to kill him, but failed).
- 1999: The following were targets of the second assassination operation:
- Anatoly Zhukov- (Shot at point blank range by Retired NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs, who didn't know that he was covering McCallister's attempt to kill Vance).
- Svetlana Chernitskaya- (Was targeted to die, but Jenny could not kill her. Later shot at point blank range from behind by Former NIS Special Agent Mike Franks to avenge Jenny's death).
References
- ↑ Enemies Domestic (2010). NCIS, Season 8, Episode 9