Bob Hamer spent twenty-six years as a “street agent” for the FBI,
many of those years in an undercover capacity. In assignments lasting anywhere from a day to more than three years, he successfully
posed as a drug dealer, contract killer, fence, pedophile, degenerate gambler, weapons dealer, and white-collar criminal.
Bob worked undercover against such diverse groups as La Cosa Nostra, the Sicilian
Mafia, Mexican Mafia, Russian Mafia, Asian organized crime groups, and Los Angeles-based street gangs. His successful infiltration
of NAMBLA (North American Man/Boy Love Association) resulted in the arrest of what one defendant called eight members of the
“inner circle.”
He received numerous awards throughout his career including the FBI Director’s
Award for Distinguished Service, four United States Attorney Awards for Distinguished Service, and numerous letters of commendation
including one from then U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani.
Now retired, he is a member of
the Writers Guild of America and the Writers Guild of Canada and has written for TV. He also worked as the technical advisor
for The Inside and Angela’s Eyes and has consulted for Law & Order: SVU and Sleeper Cell. He appeared as a guest
on The Oprah Winfrey Show to discuss his role in the NAMBLA investigation. A Marine Corps veteran and law school graduate,
he is married and has two children. Bob Hamer is the author of
The Last Undercover: The True Story of
an FBI Agent’s Dangerous Dance with
Evil and Enemies Among Us.
According to the book description of The Last Undercover: The True
Story of an FBI Agent’s Dangerous Dance with Evil, “Bob Hamer tells the story of his life as an
undercover agent for the FBI posing as everything from a drug dealer to an aging pedophile. Looking back on a career rich
in the kind of action that makes for great cinema, Hamer describes the challenges he endured as he stared the dark side of
humanity in the face—never blinking. Most importantly he shares what he faced in his last undercover assignment—and
his hardest—infiltrating NAMBLA, the North American Man/Boy Love Association.
It is rare for an agent to serve undercover long-term, but Hamer made a career
out of a job that can completely consume and destroy a man. Remarkably, through all of this he found a way to remain true
to his faith and put his family before his work.”
Publisher’s Weekly said of The Last Undercover: The True Story
of an FBI Agent’s Dangerous Dance with Evil, “There have been many books concerning FBI undercover
agents on perilous assignments, but this one by a veteran FBI agent goes most of them one better with his full-tilt voyages
into the darkest fringes of society. After his training and recruitment into the criminal netherworld, Hamer assumed several
identities—such as drug dealer and contract killer—to penetrate the closed societies of the Chinese, Russian and
Iraqi mobs. However, Hamer’s controlled theatrics are most compelling as he infiltrates the security-obsessed North
American Man/Boy Love Association disguised as an aging pedophile, to crack the group and their extensive international network.
The sneak peek into that dank society of “chicken hawks” is illuminating in its depiction of child sexual abuse.
With his practiced lies and disciplined behavior, Hamer is a peerless undercover agent…this book possesses power and
conviction without being pretentious or pious.”
According to one
reader of The Last Undercover,
“Bob Hamer takes us on a journey into
the places that most of us like to
pretend don't exist. With a blend of
cynicism, humor and brutal honesty,
Mr. Hamer details for the reader
dangers that any of our families could
experience on any given day. Whereas
many would turn away from
investigating individuals engaged in
such repulsive activities, Mr. Hamer
went above and beyond, gaining trust
and acceptance, in order to get a
tremendous series of Federal
convictions. The topic is not pretty,
but skillfully detailed. The reality
of Mr. Hamer's career in the FBI is
the stuff of movies. I highly
recommend this book to any fan of true
crime, police drama or American
history. This work should be required
reading for all criminal
investigators.”
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