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% i . ~ FDS02 (Rev. 10-6-95) é -1- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE 12-16-2000 BY 60324 UC BAW/RS/ST = Date of transcription 02/13/2002 On 02/01/2002, special Agent of the Federal Bureau _of Investigation, Washington Field Office, met with United States Army Medical Research Aw nstitute for InfeCtious Diseases (USAMRT1ID Q Debkri ye 4 E os P06 Maryland, DOB;] —~—~—sd ssw: ———=<d at | place of oa emp evi ewing/ agent being advised of the identity of the i interviewing/agent and the nature of the interview, voluntarily’ provided the following information: has been | CC~*=sédSnceTSCSC~C*C*~C PO EO EE] Iwas al involved in aerosol studies utilizing B. anthracis, Select Agents. stated Dr. Bruce Ivins and(____ Division were the primary investigators conducting aerobiology studies on anthrax. eS and all other advised Ivins would bring the animals to be exposed to the aerosol aboratory the day of the exposure, as well as the B. anthracis to be administered. The anthrax would be already prepared in 10 milliliter (mL) vials of B. anthracis in liquid suspension, and there would be one vial per animal. The animals would be placed in the biocontainment area of the laboratory and the spray: would be administered. All of the anthrax is used in the experiment, and all waste is bagged and decontaminated in the autoclave. advised the studies of B. anthracis were done in collaboration with investigators from Bacteriology (BACT) and Virology (VIR) Divisions of USAMRIID. Many strains of anthrax were used, including aAmes.[ had not heard of any collaborative studies with laboratories outside of USAMRIID. [haa no knowledge of the shipping and/or receiving procedures involving B- anthracis or any other Select Agents, as that would be handled by the primary investigators. a a know of any studies bé Investigation on 02/01/2002 a Fort Detrick, wheeyrdnd File # 279A-WF-222936 -20Z7. - HW \ Date dictated by bé b7C 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.