Topic: Lee Hancock

Internal FBI documents from the Lee Hancock collection at Texas State University reveal conflicting agendas between negotiators and the Hostage Rescue Team (HRT). Gary Nessner, the negotiation coordinator, detailed in his book "Stalling for Time" how tactical actions by the HRT undermined peaceful negotiations. Nessner was eventually removed from the case after confronting commander Jeffrey Jamar about these aggressive tactics.

During the April 19, 1993 assault, FBI commanders operated from a forward tactical post, likely an ATF undercover house across from the compound. Colonel Rodney Rawlings later revealed that military and FBI personnel used real-time audio from eleven surveillance bugs to direct tank movements. These bugs reportedly captured the sounds of mothers and children crying inside the concrete room at the base of the central tower.