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ae ; / @ -- @ FD-302 (Rev. 10-6-95) ¥ -1- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE l2-l6-2005 BY 60324 UC BAalyRa satu Date of transcription 04/29/2002 On_ 04/24/2002, Special agents[——™—sd'ctzrnc b6 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI Washington bIC Field Office (WFO), contacted This contact was initiated to collect information regarding reports that swabbing, which resulted in presumptive positive results, had been conducted outside the laboratory suites at United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Ft Detrick, Maryland. After the interviewing agents identifi themselves and advised of the nature of the interview. Do] voluntarily provided the following information: is further desc born at USAMRIID since 1s also one of the Bacillus anthraci On or about| ———sS—sidaas working in the Bacteriology Division B-3 suite, w h carries a safety level of BSL-3, and learned of an_incide caused contamination. scientists also working wi e, advised they had noticed dried rgSidue on the outside neck portion of a’ flask that was being used in an experiment to culture anthrax spores Though it appeared minimal,[- ——srJadvised[___Jand to report the incident through proper channels to the safety officer. As a result of the incident, initiated a limited Sampiing survey inside the particular lab where the incident occurred within the B3 suite. found surface contamination of several items that had touched prior to realizing that their gloves were likely contaminated, IE. other flasks. [____ijalso found some contaminatio lar e of the floor area in the lab. The next day insti i wide sampling survey. that could have b7E Investigation on 04 / 24 / 2002 at File# 279A-WR- 9326-302 ~ ly Date dictated JT /A SA j by SA 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.