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ol ° r | ~ FD-39% (Rev. 10-6-95) -l- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 2 ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED bTC HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE 12-15-2008 BY 60324 UC BAW/DE/TH Date of transcription _04/28/2003 m April 24, 2003, , Soci security account nu interviewed a place of employment, Medical Research Institute of Infection Porter Street, Fort Detrick, Marylé Maryland/ _ _ After being advised of the tdentity of the agents and the purpose of the interview,[ | provided the following information: birth roo ITS O Piggybacking sometimes occurs through doorways at USAMRIID, but it does not happen in the hot suites because of security and safety reasons. [advised that one could "get in trouble" for piggybacking into a hot suite. The only lyophilizer at USAMRIID that[ | was aware OF be is located in Suite — Jin Building[ = He advised that this BIC lyophilizer is never used and thinks that it has always been _ b2 located in Biosafety Level (BSL _] Laboratory space. Anyone has b7E access to the lyophilizer, as a badge is not needed to gain access to the area where it is located. advised that a speed vac, an instrument used to - precipitate deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), can be used as an BIC alternative to a lyophilizer for drying material. Speed vacs can only be used for very small samples, such as those that could be contained in an Eppendorf tube. An older speed vac is located in Investigation on 279A-WE-22293 74 -AUs> File # 2792 USAMRIID, 279A-BA-C101392 Dete dictated W/A SA = { LN. 4 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. GF. — or ea