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ae w ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE 12-09-2008 BY 60324 C Baw sPepcr FD-302 (Rev. 10-6-95) -1- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcription 12/08/2006 On December 7, 2006, .S. Army, Dugway\Proving Ground, be. Dugway, Utah 84022, telephone number: date of bic birth: [.______—«dyYs”sCSSSSNN:: at Washington Field Office, 601 4th Street, N.W., Washington, DC. After being advised of the identity of the interviewing agents and the purpose of the interview,[___|provided the following information: The events of September 11, 2001 on Dugway personnel was effected four fold. The general route that Life Sciences employees take into work was changed, rerouting individuals away from the Chemical laboratory for safety purposes. Fences and checkpoints were erected. There was an increase in the overall number of guards on base. And, scrutiny of individuals coming and going from the facility increased. Although[ _] could not recollect,[__]suggested that September was historically a good time of year for field trials, which would require access to the laboratory during off hours. [____]does not recall a non-essential personnel lock-down of Dugway facilities following the attacks of September 11, 2001. Subsequent to the FBI's inquiry into access of their Biosafety Level-3 (BL-3) facility and general anthrax letter inquiries, plans for increasing security over the biological program facility were fashioned. The new security was to replicate or overlay the Chemical Program assurity plan. [__— J explained that the| et Building [| - was basically an abandoned building in , ha imited power, b6 and limited sp basis locking mechanisms in place. [___]eaea _ that Building at that time could have had operationa ‘ fermentor/culturing capabilities for Bacillus globigii (Bg)- (easily identified and characterized by its custard orange colonies) and possibly Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), but not for Bacillus anthraci were Eth who used Building [ Investigation on 12/07/2006 at Washington, D.C. Fie # 279A-WF-222936-DUGWAY — Date dictated 12/08/2006 b7C 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.