[roughrider]

Jeffrey Jamar was out of the Dallas Field Office, and was a regular supervisor of agents. Dallas handles the Waco area. Just what body was in charge, the HRT or the regular agents, has been pondered ever since this happened. Someone was able to keep William Sessions, former mayor of Waco and a former judge from that city, from going personally to the site. The story was that "the tactical" people overruled the Director of the FBI, Sessions, concerning a visit at the site. "Tactical people" would mean Dick Rodgers, as he was the chief of the "tactical people" on site. His second-in-command, Steven McGavin, who flew overhead in the FLIR plane during the assault, was far more important in the chain-of-command than people realize.

[katze]

The story was that "the tactical" people overruled the Director of the FBI, Sessions, concerning a visit at the site. "Tactical people" would mean Dick Rodgers, as he was the chief of the "tactical people" on site. His second-in-command, Steven McGavin, who flew overhead in the FLIR plane during the assault, was far more important in the chain-of-command than people realize.

124 posted on 11/28/01 6:08 PM Pacific by roughrider

Sounds like you and I agree on something, for perhaps the first time. IOW, the rogue group of the FBI that I've often griped about, insisting it isn't ALL of the FBI.

I've heard McGavin's name, but nothing else about him. I'm not sure of your context in saying he flew in the FLIR plane. What I'm trying to ask is--whose side was McG on? Or did someone get the tape by unusual means, since IMO it is most revealing of Govt misdoing?

[katze]

#124 Here's what PBS has on his Biograpgy. I can't do links the correct way.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/waco/jamarbio.html

Jeffrey Jamar, Special Agent in charge
of the San Antonio regional office of
the FBI, served as the on-site
commander during the Waco siege.
Jamar retired in December 1994 after
twenty five and a half years in the FBI.

He was the boss.