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~ OM oy FD-302 (Rev. 10-6-95) -l- bo FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION bic ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HER DA IN TS UNCLASSIFIED le-16-2005 BY 60324 JC BAW /SDE/ ae) Date of transcription 04/15/2004 . phone: [7 was interviewed at the FBI off-site office in Frederick, Maryland. After being advised of the identity of the interviewing agents and the purpose of the interview, [| _] provided the following information: [ho degree from the University of in and is employed at the United States Army Medical Research Institute_for infectious Diseases, (USAMRIID) at Fort Detrick, Maryland. [____] is Cc Jin thep Division. . [__]éeit very strongly that the Bio-Port i of Michigan had something to do with the mailings of thea anthrax- laced letters. Thirty to forty years ago the Anthrax Vaccine Absorbed (AVA) went to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for licensure. A Michigan Senator had ear-marked funds for the ‘ereation of a production contract for_Dimeport or Bio-port in Michigan. Bio-Port began production of A in large quantities for its sole customer, the United States government. The United States also shares its vaccine with other countries. Bio-Port eventually amassed several FDA production quality violations (known as 483's) and in 1999 or 2000 Bio-Port's license was suspended and they were ordered to stop production of AVA. Shortly after the anthrax-laced letters were mailed, Congress ordered the FDA to lift Bio-Port's suspension and re-issue Bio-port's production license. knew that BRUCE\IVINS ene at USAMRISD, were told to\help get Bio-Port back online for vaccine production. [sd believed that someone closely involved with Bio- Port's financial interests may have hired someone to produce the anthrax-laced letters to specific targets in order to create a scare and the need for increased production of the AVA anthrax vaccine. This would also slow the development of a new vaccine called Recombinant Protective Antigen (RPA) which would eventually render AVA obsolete. Investigation on 4/15/04 at Frederick, Maryland SSAMATAD - lo? File # 279A-WF-222936, 279A-BA-C101392 -\AS2 Date dictated n/a 1, Postal Inspector : LO/e7 by This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agen it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 1