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' . "oe es sod FD-302 (Rev. 10-6-95) -l- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED , ae DATE l2-l6-2008 BY 60324 UC BAW/SRS/S oe Ay Date of transcription 02 / 07 / 2002 On 01/29/2002, ————————e the Federal Bureau of Investigation,“ Washington Field Offi ith Binge of employment. After being advise the identity _of the jiterviewing agent and the nature of the interview, fo vortintarily provided the following information: were the primary investigators handling anthrax. not know what strains of B. anthracis were used in the studies, or where the strains were stored.[7 | had no knowledge of any recent studies done at USAMRIID with weaponized anthrax or B. globigii. had little knowledge of who was a commercial supplier of B. anthracis, and had heard that American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) may be a supplier when it was reported NATO UNSCOM Inspectors found a box from ATCC with anthrax during an inspection of a pharmaceutical factory in Iraq. knew of one collaborative effort with an outside laboratory involving anthrax. Within the past two years, a group of scientists from USAMRIID, "Team Anthrax," was sent to Michigan to help the Department of Health re-certify their anthrax vaccine. The study was taken over by Bioport in Michigan, and guinea pig potency tests were shipped to_USAMRIID for efficacy tests of Michigan's anthrax vaccine. [____Jadvised Dr. Bruce Ivins from the Bacteriology Division (BACT) was one of the scientists involved in , Team Anthrax, and may have the original strain of anthrax received from Michigan. ‘ote me nvestigation on 01/29/2002 a Ft. Detrick, Maryland File # 279A- - }HHe Date dictated by This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI an it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. ~1 oy oe O