- Jeff Jamar
Jeff Jamar is an
FBI Special Agent in Charge , who rose to notoriety for his role in the 1993Waco siege .*1982 - Informant Coordinator at
FBI headquarters
*1990 - SAC for the FBI'sMinneapolis field office
*1993 - SAC for the FBI'sSan Antonio field officeOn May 25, 1982 Jamar met with FBI agents Fitzpatrick, Montanari, Robert McEleney, SAC Ed Enright, Randy Prillaman, McWeeney, Joe Rush, and supervisors Ronald Reese and Anthony Amoroso, to discuss the [http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/james_whitey_bulger/4.html 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. [ [http://pacer.mad.uscourts.gov/dc/opinions/lindsay/pdf/mcintyre%20findings.pdf untitled ] ]
On November 20, 1990 he and Minneapolis police chief declined to comment on the size of the ransom being demanded in the abduction of a local bank chairman. [http://www.mndaily.com/daily/gopher-archives/1990/11/20/First_bank_chairman_abducted%3B_escapes_unharmed.txt]
In 1993, he referred to the San Antonio
prison gang "El Eme " as the "most dominant" gang within the Texas judicial system. [ [http://www.insideprison.com/mexican-mafia-prison-gang.asp Mexican Mafia: Prison Gang Profile - Inside Prison ] ]Waco
Jamar served as the siege commander during Waco, aided by agents
Robert Ricks ,Richard Schwein ,Richard Swensen and Richard Rogers.During numerous press meetings following the siege, he explained the presence of Bradley Armored Vehicles and excused his officers of any guilt in the resulting fire in the
Branch Davidian church, suggesting it may have been the result of faulty electrical wiring inside the buildings.After ordering the charred remains of the religious group's building bulldozed before allowing the Texas Rangers to seize evidence for a commission, he was accused of impeding investigations of the raid. He has since reversed his position on several issues regarding the eventual blaze when evidence has shown his version of events to be false, though he still maintains that Federal agents had no complicity in setting the fire.
He was charged as a defendant in the 1999
civil suit "Andrade et al vs Chojnacki et al".References
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