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| 2 uy soa. 387° bre “FD-302 (Rev. 10-6-95) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN Is UNCLASSIFIED DATE la-15-2000 BY 60324 UC BAW/SDE, bel Kote of transcription 04/30/2003 2003, date of birth On April 29, v t, the UNITED STATES ARMY bé6 SES (USAMRIID), FORT DETRICK, b7C by Special Agents (SAs) After being advised of the identiti he interviewing Agents and the purpose of the interview, provided the following information: primary work areas are rooms and of Building has also utilize and the rooms in the basement, rooms[__]and indicated thése rooms on a floor plan of USAMRIID provided by the Agents. This be floor plan is maintained in a 1A envelope (FD-340). 143,44 b7e MARYLAND (MD), recalled one lyo hixizer, purchased in the mid 1980s, in Building indicated that the MMCN number could be used to determine the exact purchase date. was listed on the hand receipt corresponding t is instrument be aya 1s . . b? The lyophilizer was located originally in room then moved to ° room] in early 2001. Those with access to the containment facility in Building no matter their division, had access to the lyophilizer. Personnel at USAMRIID would not notice if the lyophilizer was used at night or on the weekend. recalled that BRUCE IVINS, b7e and other researchers no longer at USAMRIID alkSo used did not know what agents or materials were lyophilized by these scientists. Since the early 1990s, use of the instrument has been very infrequent. IVINS and were the last to use the lyophilizer in the mid to late 1990s did not know whether Bacillus anthracis (B.a.) had ever been dried using this lyophilizer.[7 indicated that tests to detect the presence of B.a. may yield negative results, as this lyophilizer has been decontaminated with paraformaldehyde. the machine. Beginning in 1999, Medical Maintenance was a numerous times to diagnose problems with the 1 ophilizer.[ Investigation on 04/29/2003 a Fort Detrick, Marland ' b7C File # 279A-WF-222936-USAMR DT 279A-BA-C101392 Date dictated —— SA by SA This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.