I’ve had a contract put out on my life, I’ve had a gun put to my head, but never anything that I guess ripped at the fabric of my soul… NARRATOR: In his 26-year-long career as a street agent in the FBI, Bob Hamer was thrown more than a few curveballs.īOB HAMER: I’ve been shot at. I spent six months at the racetrack investigating men who were fixing the races. NARRATOR: There are many, surprising places that a life undercover might take you.īOB HAMER: I posed as a contract killer, a drug dealer, both as a high-roller drug dealer and a street-level drug dealer. I had to understand the importance of putting this case together and that I was going to have to sublimate my hatred and disdain for what they were espousing if we were going to make this case successful. What do they know? What are their skills? And what would you do in their position? This is True Spies Episode 42: Inside NAMBLA.īOB HAMER: Walking away, I literally thought that it would be much better for me to go back in there with a grenade and just pull the pin and just blow all of us up in that room. You’ll meet the people who navigate this secret world. Week by week, mission by mission, you’ll hear the true stories behind the world’s greatest espionage operations. WARNING: This episode of True Spies contains graphic details related to the sexual abuse of children that listeners may find disturbing.