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SESRET @ _ | @ -1- ED-302 (Rev. 10-6-95) RAL BURE INVE ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED ee FEDERAL BUREAU OF STIGATION epEIN I$ UNCLASSIFIED EXCE DATE: 1e-1e-e0ue WHERE SHOWN OTHERWISE CLASSIFIED BY 60324 UC BAW/RS/STW REASON: 1.4 (C) DECLASSIFY OW: 12-16-2053 Date of transcription 02/07/2002 "J On 01/31/2002, Special agepe[—————] of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington Field Office, met with iv Po a ed ates Army Medical Research Institute for Infe O Disea AMR.T TD) ort Detrick, Maryland, DOB: ol Lt at L__Iplace of employment. After being advised of the ide ae of the interviewing agent and the ony O nature of the intervi voluntarily provided the following information: and of USAMRIID since o ‘include anthrax. advised the rovided a service for the entire Institute. advised that Dr. Bruce Ivins were the Primary Investigators working with B. anthracis. In a typical aerobiology study involving anthrax, Ivins would vaccinate the test animals, and provide the organism for aerosolizing. For each animal, one aerosol spray would be run with a 10 mi sample of B. anthracis suspended in a liquid medium. [—__Jstated the Ames strain was always the strain being pumped into Che chamber for the vaccine challenge, as it was most virulent. advised Dr. Ivins kept the Ames strain of B. anthracis on the hot side of Building in a refrigerator in Room had_also provided anthrax spores on b6 occasion, as had Other sources of anthrax were obtained through collaborative studies done with involved in 1s current also useaq in e study, as it was a LT Ft. Detrick Investigation on 01/31/2002 at File # 2°79A-WF-222936~202.-/4S1 rro aera ~J HO [Date dictated by This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.