Operation Frankenstein

Operation Frankenstein was a classified project that the CIA created with the intention of using Navy servicemen to carry out wet-work or killings for them while they were still active military. They would use their military positions as cover and were trained and tested for months, before they were put to the final test. Apparently the idea is based on Vance's thoughts when he was in college. The intention was to create assassins using behavioral modification that would allow them to remain composed and calm no matter how stressful the situation. 
==Pre-Series==
==NCIS Season 8==
In Swan Song (episode) the details surrounding the Frankenstein Operation came to light when Trent Kort informed Gibbs and the team that the serial they were looking for, the Port-to-Port Killer was a failed product of the operation. Jonas Cobb was a former US sailor, who was one of the subjects selected for the operation. After his first kill, we failed to uphold his cover, as the killings broke him. Vance thinks the operation failed and should have been aborted. He blames Trent Kort for Cobb going rogue, as Trent Kort used him for missions that he shouldn't have, and believes Kort pushed him over the edge. 
Trent Kort, Leon Vance and SECNAV at the time of the episode, Phillip Davenport was some of the people involved in the classified operation. Vance was the brains behind the operation, Kort was the one conducting training ect, while Davenport signed off on the project. Because Davenport dictated the actions of the operation, Cobb started in Rota, where his niece EJ Barrett was stationed as a NCIS Agent. 
Category:Projects in NCIS