I have been watching Colony, just started watching season two and something made me think.
In the beginning of season two, two FBI agents are investigating the disappearance of several VIP's in the LA area, these VIPs including tech company CEOs, military officers, and one senior CIA official. The FBI also found that one of the VIP's was taken by force by an unknown faction using military assault tactics. The FBI agents are able to find one person who left behind, as he was able to make to a safe room before the unknown team found him. When the FBI talk to him he reveals that he is on a list of 1200 persons in the US that would be needed if the US went for pot and they needed to rebuild.
So dose this sound like something the project would do?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_(TV_series)