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b7 *FD-302 (Rev. 10-6-95) 1 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE 12-15-2008 BY 60324 UC BAW/DK/TH ate of transcription. 04/30/2003 On April 29, 2003, date of birth Social. Security Account Number was interviewed at. place of employment, the UNITED STATEs ARMY b6 RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DTSEASES (USAMRIID), FORT DETRICK,: b7C MARYLAND (MD), telephone by Special Agents (SAs) ]AnD After being advised of the identities of the interviewing Agents and the purpose of the. interview, provided the following information: primary work areas are rooms and of Building has also utilized rooms and the rooms in the basement, rooms and indicated these rooms on a floor plan of usAMRIID provided by the Agents. This b6 floor plan is maintained in a 1A envelope (FD-340). 1,2,3,4 b70 recalled one lyophjlizer, purchased in the mid 1980s, in Building. Iindicated that the MmcN number was listed on the hand receipt corresponding to this instrument. b6 lyophilizer was located originally in room. then moved to b7C The b2 room in early 2001. Those with access to the containment b7F facility in Building no matter their division, had access to the lyophilizer. Personnel at usamriiD would not notice if the lyophilizer was used at night or on the weekend. b6 recalled that BRUcE IVINS, b7C the machine. did not know what agents or materials were. lyophilized by these scientists. Since the early 1990s,. use of the. instrument has been very infrequent. Ivins and. were the did not know whether Bacillus anthracis (B.a.) had ever been dried. using this lyophilizer. Jndicated that tests to detect the presence of B.a. may yield negative results, as this lyophilizer has been decontaminated with paraformaldehyde. Beginning in 1999, Medical Maintenance was contacted numerous times to diagnose problems with the lyophilizer.. b2 302 b7E Investigation on 04/29/2003 at Fort Detrick, Marland b6 File # 279A-WF-222936-USAMRIID. 9 b7C 279A-BA-C101392 Date dictated SA by SA 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.