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To: Washington Field From: Washington viel® Re: 279A-WF-222936-USAMRIID, 05/24/2005 mutant B. anthracis onto guinea pigs in the vet med cold suites. The pigs started dying. I cultured their blood and did a plasmid screen and found they had died from fully virulent pxX01+, PX02+ B. anthracis. Animal caretakers had taken dead pigs and put them into the cold room. There was a lot of local decontamination in rooms, hallway, coldroom, but nothing was mentioned outside of this place. I am now forbidden from being a "cowboy." I can't think for myself, and I can't do anything without everybody up and down the line questioning me about it. I'm sure it's punishment..." During an interview_on March 31, 2005, IVINS indicated that he had no concerns about competency as a laboratory worker, and his decision to survey rk area was not influenced by any perception that igent in safety practices.**” However, IVINS sen multiple email messages expressing views regarding performance in the laboratory which were quite contrary to'his intervi ents. On August 20, 2001, IVINS commented extensively on performance in the laboratory. es make some Sterne spores last week, and to have them_ready for today. didn't have any backup blood plates, and didn't inoculate the cultures until Friday. Today when the Leighton and Doi cu Ss were a total bust, S inside or outside the ceits. [| made some L&D mediim| and_inoculated some Ames culture asks, and they made spores fine. and I think that maybe[_______—'|s messed up the salts been having a lot of problems lately making good spores. It seems 6, 2001, IVINS wrote "more preps enou t out the clumps, and so had very erratic counts. [fai a heat shock with no water in the beaker holding e tubes and hardly any water (about 1/8 inch) in the water bath...If I say anything about ANYTHING to 1 calculations, basically just a satisfactory a —