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as g ALL INFORMACION CONTAINED ‘ @ HEREIN Is LAaASSIFIED Fit. 302 Rev. 10-6.95) DATE 12-09"2008 BY 60324 UC BAW/RS/LSC -1- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcription 06/29/2004 On June 29, 2004, BRUCE E. IVINS, date of birth 04/22/1946, social security account number 280-44-5449, was interviewed at his place of employment, the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious. Diseases (USAMRIID) , bé Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland, telephone by b7c ran er (SSA) and Special Agent (SA) IVINS provided the following information: ssaL_____| advised IVINS that the FBI was tracking the history, to include genealogy and usage, of Bacillus anthracis (B.a.) isolates submitted to the FBI Repository. ssa[_—j requested access to laboratory notebooks assigned to IVINS in order to begin this process which would include notebooks kept by other researchers as well. The Judge Advocate General's (JAG) prior request regarding the removal_of original notebooks from USAMRIID's premises was acknowledged by ssa and it was explained that a review of the notebooks could occur with minimal impact to ongoing research. IVINS provided the interviewing Agents with a three page document which contained a list of all of the notebooks assigned to him during his tenure at USAMRIID. Fifty-one (51) notebooks were identified by both the USAMRIID notebook number and a number assigned to each by IVINS. Some of IVINS' notebooks were submitted to the USAMRIID library for archival. The library did not store the notebooks on a permanent basis, thus some of IVINS' notebooks had been previously destroyed. A review of library records would indicate which were destroyed and which were maintained in the library archive. IVINS was aware that at least five of his notebooks had been destroyed, and those notebook numbers were marked out on the list he provided to the interviewing Agents. IVINS indicated that notebooks 1 and 2 were submitted to the library, and he was not sure if they were still in existence. Notebook 3 was the oldest notebook maintained in IVINS' office. All of the notebooks maintained by IVINS were located in his office, with the exception of fifteen (15) notebooks which were in the possession of ssap Notations on IVINS' inventory identified the notebooks previously given to the FBI. $SAL____—sidirequested that the remainder of IVINS' notebooks referencing Ames research be pulled from the collection and set aside for review by SA on-site at USAMRIID at a later date. IVINS believed there to be at least fifteen additional notebooks in his collection which documented Ames-related Investigation on 06/29/2004 at Frederick, MD -bBE/l 32 File # 27 9A-WF-222936 -USAMREED Sisk Date dictated SSA cornea O b b by 5 This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; | |