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“rE ® ALT @.... TOM CONTATNET FD-302 (Rev. 10-6-95) 7 ‘ HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED ~ DATE 12-09-2008 BY 60324 UC BAN /RS/LSC FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcription 04/12/2004 U.S. ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE -FO S (USAMRIID) Scientist BRUCEX\IVINS and FBI Special Agent inventoried Bacillus ‘anthracis (Ba) Ames strain samples in building 1425, suite B-3 freezers and refrigerators on December 12, 2003. Of the many samples identified there were 22 Ba Ames strain isolates which were not previously submitted to the FBI repository (FBIR). The 22 samples belonged to multiple researchers who either presently or formerly worked in the Bacteriology Division at USAMRIID. wl oF O ro On April 2, 2004 at USAMRIID, gave verbal approval to the Writer to coor ée submission of these 22 Ba Ames strain samples to the FBIR. indicated that as at USAMRIID he had the authority to allow samples to be submitted to the FBIR, regardless of the originating scientist. [LD —————C also notified IVINS that IVINS had permission to prepare the 22 samples to submit them to the FBIR. On April 7, 2004, SAL sd submitted the above mentioned 22 Ba Ames strain isohates as well as _ 6 Ltional samples 3 fron[ __] 2 from below) to the FBI reposytory. kac onsisted of 2 Tryptic Soy Agar slants. One slant was processed for sybmission into the FBIR. One slant was sent to (NAU), £Eor Multi-Locus Variable Number Tandem Repeat Analysis (MLVA) by[_ and _ NAU received the slants in good condition on April 9, 2004. The sample locations, sample descriptions, and submitting USAMRIID scientists are as follows: ~ repared the following sample, which was located in the refrigerator in Room in the B-3-Suite: 7 b7Cc Sample labeled[_ | (known to bel Approximately Pe 8 ml in 50 mL Falcon tube registered to IVINS, samples ‘ was to be used in research conducted by Investigation on 4/7/2 004 a Frederick, MD [| File # 279A-WF-222936-~ Date dictated b6 b7C 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.