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7 aa’ ALL TNBAPMATION C . : Cs) i HERE Th UNCLASSIFIED ED-302 (Rev! 10-6-95) j a B03 UNTATNED DATE le-O3-2000 BY 60324 U0 BAW /SRa/Lac -1- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcription 12/15/2004 BRUCH E. IVINS, white male, date of birth 04/22/1946 social security number 280-4445449 i Maryland 21702, telephone numb his place of business, The United’ States Army Medical Research bé Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Fort Detrick, b7C Maryland, telephone number [——C—C*dY’:CA'fte being advissed the identity of the interviewing agents and the nature of the interview, he provided the following information: In late 1999, IVINS was asked by his commanding officer to participate on a team to assist Biop&rt with potency testing for the anthrax vaccine. This was an order that came from the General. IVINS could not recall who the commanding officers were at the time. The command was in contact with Po] Eom Bioport who elicited the support of USAMRIID because they were having problems with the potency of the anthrax vaccine. The acceptable potency level was not acceptable for The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Erom could not recall. Initially,| sd avis met with representatives from Bioport on several occasions. They met in Columbus, Ohio and ‘in Crystal City, Virginia. IVINS recalled i | from Bioport attended these meetings. and IVENS also traveled to Bioport's headquarters in Lansing, Michigan. In the late 1990's, Bioport ran out of Vollum_1B spores and[ _] requested spores from IVINS. IVINS supplied with spores prepared in Leighton-Doi. [_|then telephoned IVINS stating that all_their guinea pigs had died during the intradermal challenge, and suspected _ that the reason was because the spores he had sent Bioport were "too hot", meaning too virulent. IVINS then sent Bioport more spore preparations grown in blood agar. Bioport encountered the same results and stated that the second spore preparations were also "too hot". IVINS recalled sending Bioport preparations a third time, however could not recall the media used Investigation on 12 / 03 /2 004 at Frederick, MD File # 279A-WF-222936 J -~f3 Date dictated M/A by 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. IVINS WED