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ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED e@ HEREIN UNCLASSIFIED DATE 12WW-2008 BY 60524 uc baw/dk/cls FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (Rev. 01-31-2003) PRIORITY Date: 12/12/2005 vo: L___] Attn: SSRA. Counterterrorism Attn: SSA Inspection Attn: IIC Washington Field From: Washington Field AMX-3 Case ID #: 279A-WF-222936-LEADS_._(Pending)~ ‘Ou 279A-WE-222936-USAMRIID) (Pending)- \ay Title: AMERITHRAX; MAJOR CASE 184 Synopsis: To set lead to interviewL ——SCSCdYd bie employee Enclosure (s): por [descent Agenc: (RA) only: confidentiality _statement, N printouts for] Co printouts | and photographs of[___| Details: The AMERITHRAX Squad 3 (AMX-3) of the Washington Field Office (WFO) has been conducting discrete investigations and interviews of visiting ,scientists having access to the Ames bé strain of Bacillus anthracis (Ba) while at the United States Army bic Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland. The Ames strain of Ba has been determined to be the bacterium responsible for the associated deaths and illnesses to the anthrax-laced letter mailings of September and October 2001. One _such visitin scientist to USAMRIID has been identified i Social Security Account Number (SSAN) : Date of Birth (DOB): Investigation and interviews to date have indicate [ employee conducted researc. USAMRIID which utilize: @ Ames strain of Ba in| and @ at This research was the result_of a cooperative agreement between Bruce Ivins at USAMRIID and