
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: SATURDAY, February 12, 1994                   TAG: 9402120161
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-8   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: DALLAS                                LENGTH: Short

BRANCH DAVIDIAN RAID LEADERS FACE DISMISSAL

Investigators have recommended the firing of the two Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents who led the unsuccessful raid on the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, a newspaper reported Friday.

Phil Chojnacki and Chuck Sarabyn have 30 days to challenge the recommendation, The Dallas Morning News reported, citing unidentified sources.

The final decision on whether to fire the two will be made in mid-March, the newspaper said.

Chojnacki and Sarabyn, special agents of the bureau's Houston division, were placed on administrative leave with pay last year.

A Treasury Department report found they lied, altered documents and misled superiors to try to defend their decision to go ahead with the raid despite knowing the element of surprise was lost.

- Associated Press

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