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Jeff Jamar

Jeffrey John Jamar is a retired Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge (SAC), who was in charge of an FBI squad in the 1993 Waco siege. Jamar retired from the FBI in December 1994 after 25 years in service1982 - Informant Coordinator at FBI headquarters 1990 - SAC for the FBI's Minneapolis field office 1993 - SAC for the FBI's San Antonio field office

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Jeffrey John Jamar (born September 11, 1943, in Austin, Texas) is a retired Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge (SAC), who was in charge of an FBI squad in the 1993 Waco siege. Jamar retired from the FBI in December 1994 after 25 years in service1

On May 25, 1982, Jamar met with FBI agents Robert Fitzpatrick, Gerald Montanari, Robert McEleney, SAC Ed Enright, Randy Prillaman, Sean McWeeney, Joe Rush, and supervisors Ronald Reese and Anthony Amoroso, to discuss the Halloran/Wheeler murder. Jamar was involved because two FBI informants were being investigated on charges that they had been complicit in the murder. This perceived "bungling" was later mentioned in a civil suit alleging mass mismanagement of the Informant system.2

Waco

Jamar served as the siege commander during Waco, aided by agents Bob Ricks, Richard Schwein, Richard Swensen and Richard Rogers.34

He was charged as a defendant in the 1999 civil suit Andrade et al. vs Chojnacki et al.5

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  1. "Jeffrey Jamar | Waco - the Inside Story | FRONTLINE". PBS.
  2. PDF Archived 2008-09-06 at the Wayback Machine EMILY McINTYRE and CHRISTOPHER McINTYRE as co-administrators of the Estate of John L. McIntyre, Plaintiffs, v. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al., Defendants. CIVIL ACTION NO. 01-CV-10408-RCL
  3. Report to the Deputy Attorney General on the Events at Waco, Texas/The FBI's Management of the Standoff at Mt. Carmel at Wikisource.
  4. Hancock, Lee. Dallas Morning News, "Ex-colonel says FBI heard sect's fire plansU.S. officials say bugging devices weren't reliable", October 8, 1999
  5. "338 F3d 448 Andrade - OpenJurist". openjurist.org. Retrieved October 20, 2015.