Jeff Jamar
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Oct 16, 2026
Bob RicksGUEST
He said, well, the attorney general has made a decision that the FBI is going to take over that matter and we're going to send people down.
Bob RicksGUEST
Jeff Jamar was the agent in charge out of San Antonio and Waco fell within his territory.
Bob RicksGUEST
And they asked Jeff who he would like to have come in and assist.
Bob RicksGUEST
And so Jeff asked for me.
Bob RicksGUEST
Wow.
Bob RicksGUEST
I picked up the head of my SWAT team.
Bob RicksGUEST
And we drove down to Waco, got there that evening, immediately went and met with Jeff Jamar, the head of the FBI there, and went and met with the ATF.
Bob RicksGUEST
And then we had to tell them, I was the first, just Jeff and I were the first ones there, and tell them that we were going to be taking over.
speaker_8SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I know it's a sad commentary, but that's my experience with ATF.
Linda ThompsonNARRATOR
On the fourth day, Jeff Jamar of the FBI is brought in to be in charge of the operation, replacing the ATF.
Linda ThompsonNARRATOR
From this point on, all news people will be kept three miles away from the Mount Carmel Center.
Linda ThompsonNARRATOR
ATF agents armed with machine guns and state troopers are posted at roadblocks to keep citizens five miles from the Mount Carmel Center.
29 MINS LATER
speaker_8SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
In my career with ATF, the people that I put in jail have more honor than at the top administration in this organization.
speaker_8SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I know it's a sad commentary, but that's my experience with ATF.
Linda ThompsonNARRATOR
On the fourth day, Jeff Jamar of the FBI is brought in to be in charge of the operation, replacing the ATF.
Linda ThompsonNARRATOR
From this point on, all news people will be kept three miles away from the Mount Carmel Center.
speaker_21SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
In nine days, y'all can't learn to be law enforcement officers.
speaker_21SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Byron, Floyd Clark, Jeff Jamar, Dick Rogers, like them or not, or like what we do for a living or not, they've been law enforcement officers, some of them longer than I've been alive.
speaker_21SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And with that comes a lot of experience.
speaker_21SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
What I'm saying is you have to trust the people in charge at the time.
Dan HardmanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We are gonna make a brief statement, and then we will open it up to questions.
Jeff JamarSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
My name is Jeff Jamar.
Jeff JamarSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'm the special agent in charge of the FBI in, in the San Antonio division, and I'm the special agent in charge of FBI operations here in Waco.
David KoreshSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Could you spell your name?
William CooperHOST
Did you know that?
speaker_8AUDIENCE
Good old Jeff Jamar and, and crew.
William CooperHOST
All of them.
speaker_8AUDIENCE
Yeah.
speaker_5NARRATOR
But, you know, when we hired out in this job, most of us hired out knowing that we're, we're gonna be facing dangerous situations from time to time, uh, and that's our call.
speaker_5NARRATOR
Um, still- Although Phil Recker denies any government media control, the report of the Waco Task Force published by the Society of Professional Journalists shows that FBI agent Jeff Jamar reminded radio station KRLD that he represents the government, which licenses broadcast stations.
speaker_5NARRATOR
A license is permission from the government to do something that would otherwise be illegal.
speaker_5NARRATOR
Bob Boaz is a Christian educator and professional media observer.
Martha KellyHOST
And then it sabotages the negotiations and they stop letting kids out.
Martha KellyHOST
And so we find out from the head boss, Jeff Jamar... is saying that the seven people that they'd gotten out that day before the tanks came and crushed their cars, that wasn't enough.
Martha KellyHOST
There was press all over the Waco standoff.
Martha KellyHOST
The FBI was spending a million dollars per day, and there was a lot of pressure on him to get this thing over with.