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x 2 PD3TM Rev. 10-6-95) . » HEREIN IS UNCLAS _— 5 a ALL INFORBA CONTATNED IFIED Y 60224 UC BAW/RS DSC ig oan ey DATE le-O8-2008 -l- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of trfiseription 04/17/2003 date of birth .On April 15, 2003, BRUCE E. IVINS 04/22/1946, social security account nu 280-44-5449, was interviewed telephonically at his place/of employment, the United States Army Medical Research Institut@ of Infectious Diseases . TUSAMRTID) Fort Detrick, Maryland, telephone | «After - being advised of the identity of the agent and the purpose of the a interview, IVINS provided the following information: IVINS keeps his samples in cryotubes in 5"x 5"x 0.5" freezer boxes. He does not recall having any larger Sterilite boxes in the lab. The only lyophilizer at USAMRIID that IVINS had any knowledge of is located in Suite B5. This lyophilizer is a Virtis and it went straight to Suite B5 after it was received at USAMRIID. It has never been outside of Biosafety Level (BSL) 2 lab space. IVINS used this lyophilizer to make MPL PA vaccine. This vaccine is made from a detoxified product from Gram negative bacteria and is used as a non-specific immunity booster. It does not offer protection against any particular disease, and it can be added to any vaccine. He has not used this lyophilizer since the mid 1990s. Anyone in the Bacteriology Division would have access to — this lyophilizer, as well as anyone with access to Suite B5. /At be? one time, access to Suite B5 could also be gained via the crash“ bUF door. There is a combination lock on the Suite B5 door, but IVINS did not know when that lock was installed. Prior to the combination lock, there was a key lock on the door which onl worked some of the time. IVINS has never seen a let alone near the Suite B5 lyophilizer. There is an additional lyophilizer in Building 1412, Room b6 ; b7C Mne5, 202- Investigation on 04/15/2003 at 279A-BA-C101392 File# 279A-WF-222936-USAMRIID, 279A-WF-222936- \ BE!/-/2 Washington, DC by wd oy NS PO Too This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. Didsenbee PY