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ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEPES UNCLASSIFIED 7 DATE 12-15-2008 BY 60324UCBAW/DK/ CMY *« oy 9 FD-302 (Rev. 10-6-95) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcription 10/04/2006 On October 2, 2006 date of oo mited-states Army Medical Resea e of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), office number was interviewed at Fort Detrick, Maryland. After eing advi identity of the agents and the purpose of the interview, provided the following information: confirmed the existence of a unit called the Elite Rover OBgerver Force (EROF) at i eat SOY —— Supervision o Biosurety Officer. advised, to the best of recollection, the EROF was initially created shortly after September 11, 2001, as a response by USAMRIID management to, increase the level of security in the labs. bé b7c The EROF_was oriqinall back in 2001 and The EROF is staffed totally by soldiers who are tasked with conducting random and unannounced observations of research activity within the Biosafety Level-2 (BSL) and BSL-3 suites in Buildings 1412 and 1425. The observations are conducted on all shifts and the times of observation are kept a secret from non-EROF personnel.,Due to safety concerns, EROF personnel are not permitted into BSL-4 areas to conduct spot observations. Observations are accomplished by merely peering into the various labs from hallway or door windows, making n¢ work place activity that appears suspicious or tausenl Pe] reiterated EROF personnel do not enter laboratories within the containment suites rather they merely peer into the labs from the hallway. Also, not all EROF personnel were vaccinated and as such wore respirators while walking down the hallways in the BSL-3 containment suites. Investigation on 10/02/2006 at Fort Detrick, Maryland File #_ 279A-W 2293 ISAMRIID -\wo Date dictated n/a : 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. kth i [_ Ba-a tL] ao a