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t . ALL INFOR Wo CONTAINED . . © HEREIN IS SSTFIED FD-302 (Rev. 10-6-95) DATE le-08-2l0e EY 60924 UC BAW/RS/LSC -1- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcription 12/12/2003 BRUCE EDWARDS IVINS, Ph.D.\. white male, DOB 4/22/46, SS# 280-44-5449, U.S. ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES (USAMRIID), Ft. Detrick, MD, telephone was interviewed _at_his place of employment, USAMRII pecial Agents | CT Bitter being advised of the identity of the interviewing Agents and the purpose jy ™,- of the interview, IVINS provided the following information: yy b7c In response to\the subpoena issued by the FBI in 2002, searched the freezer in B3. red the four samples of Bacillus anthracis (Ba) Ames strain that were found during the freezer search and submitted the samples to the FBI Repository (FBIR) in April 2002. IVINS provided the following labels and descriptions for each of the four samples: 1) "Original slant Ames spores - 1981"- This is the original sample sent from Texas, which was Ba Ames strain isolated from a cow. 2) "7800a - Primary subculture from original slant- 1985- Bruce Ivins"- This is a subculture that IVINS made in 1985 from the original 1981 slant. 3) "7800b - strain from 1985 ~ Multiple Passages"- This is collection. IVINS is unsure how this sample was made. 4) "7737 - Dugway Ames spores- 1997"- This is Ba Ames spores sent = 6 from DUGWAY PROVING GROUNDS for use in aerosol challenges. This bic Material was used as the reference lot. originally[ TE purified spores were sent. The spores were stored in cLwo 500 mL flasks. IVINS has approximately 100 mL left of this sample. IVINS believes that tissue samples, possibly a spleen, were also sent from the cow from which the Ames strain was originally isolated. IVINS does not know where the tissue samples would be stored. would be able to provide more information regarding additional tissue samples from the cow. Investigation on 12/12/03 a Fort Detrick, MD i File # 279A-WF-222936-USAMREED ~~ 00 - Date dictated bo 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.