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ne eo @ FD-302a (Rev. 10-6-95) 279A-WF-222936-302 279A-WF-222936-USAMRIID Continuation of FD-302 of | | ,On 05/28/2003 __,Page 3 b6é bIC at USAMRIID during the time These studies often dealt with the weaponization of (B.a. bé stated that the Ames strain of B.a. was stored_in b7C Suite in building 1425 at USAMRIID, and that[__lworked in| | be [_|related that the only security or access problem that[__]was aware, of at USAMRIID was an employee that gained access 6 to a hot suite using another employee's access badge. [-] could bic not recall who the employees were, but recalled that the individual/individuals involved in the incident had authorization to be in the hot suites, but forgot his/her access badge. could not recall any other situation involving improper access to the -hot suites. was questioned as to the physical security at USAMRIID and as to any weakness in security that would allow someone to take any biological or chemical agents from the base. stated that the base had tight controls in place and was partially due to Congress's implementation of the Select Agent Rule prior 1997, whereby controls were implemented to safe guard agents that were to be removed and transferred from facility to facility. These controls included the review and approval of any select agent transfer. by the Deputy Commander and the head of security of USAMRIID, stated that the recently adopted Patriot Act also tightened controls on the transfer of select agents. [ ___jopined that the Ames strain used in the Anthrax mailings cou ave come from USAMRIID, but[__]believed_that_ it would not have been taken from USAMRIID in a dry form. advised that[__]believes a person would have had to have taken a small amount_of B.a. Ames, and would have had to grow the Ba. on their own.[____]said that they could grow it ing a blood agar and washing it with water three to five tines | |related in order to achieve a high quality the spores could be WaShed up to fifteen times[ _|stated that in order to dry B.a., solvent methods could