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© FD-302a (Rev. 10-6-95) oe Continuation of FD-302 of [ , On 10 / 08 / 2002 , Page 4 e ® 279A-WF-222936 suB[___—_—‘|302 a bIC renovation. [| advised that if an individual knew of people's work and assigned freezers, the facility would have been "like a candy store" in terms of obtaining B.a. took the agents to the north loading dock in Building 1425 where there were many functioning freezers stored. All of the freezers had locks in place and each had_a form with point of contact information. advised that reezers were probably not locked when they were stored on the loading dock during the renovation and that the forms had only been in use for a few months. [___Jaiscussea a closed "anthrax building" that had been used during the offensive bioweapons program at USAMRIID. described it as the tallest building at Fort Detrick, and as being on the other side of the post from USAMRIID. The building was‘shut down because of contamination during the switch from the offensive to the defensive bioweapons program. time, gave tours of the building, although was not aware of any tours currently taking place. advised that the tours were started in order to promote a sense of openness with the community and that Fort Detrick Headquarters was probably responsible for starting up the program. naa heard rumors about the building being leveled, or that it might be given to the National Cancer Institute (NCI). In approximatel closed anthrax buildin went over to the and looked like rocket ships. These fermentors were filled with B.a. during the time that_the building was operational. There were also many hood lines that{ thought could still be functional. advised that there should not be any Ames strain B.a. present in the building as it has been closed down since 1969. Any type of repair to the hood lines or anything else would be obvious. thought it would not have been difficult:-to use that building to prepare the anthrax letters. does not think that an incubator, shaker, or lyophilizer would have been necessary to prepare the type of dry — that were seen in the anthrax letters. 7 ide a