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@ SBOKET /NOFORN To: ashington Field From: Washington Field Re: 279A-WF-222936-USAMRIID, 09/28/2005 worked with Bruce Ivins and (U) Interview (279A-WF-222936 - USAMRIID, Serial 266) of (U) Interview (279A-WF-222936 - POI, Serial 168) of source. ee ee described] as an associate of b6 b7C (U) Interview (279A-WF-222936 - 302, Serial 1869) of Bruce Ivins. oH luorked with vaccine strains of Ba. (U) EC (279A-WF-222936 - USAMRIID, Serial 1309) re: Unauthorized environmental surveys conducted by Ivins. (U) On July 7, 2002, Ivins sent an e-mail col _| fd stating his most recent swabbing was the third time he had found virulent anthrax_outside of the hot suites. Ivins advised in the early 80's had injected and killed guinea pigs with the Vollum 1B strain of anthrax. After the death of the guinea pigs, all of the used bedding had to be removed from the suite. Since the autoclave was not working, paraformaldehyde was used on the bedding, and everything was sent to cagewash for cleaning. Ivins advised prior to the bedding being shipped to cagewash, he took and plated a sample. Ivins discovered that the top of the bedding was sterile, but the lower layers were contaminated with anthrax and other bacteria. skin /NOFORN 10