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bé b7c be buF To: Washington Field From: Washington nie Re: 279A-WF-222936-USAMRIID, 05/24/2005 had nd presumptive positi x the presence of B.a. outside the[ ouste. IVINS estat | teat he intended to conduct further sampling in their office and asked if ould sample[ | desk area. declined the_offer to have area sampled. ted that did not become involved in the issue because had other things to do.” Stating that IVINS needeéi O° tal to Eventually, IVINS informed he found ive positives for B.a. outside ©: of Pcuice.” Ponsa i naicoted that he had no prior knowledge of the surveillance al of several locations outside the suite.” According to who viewed the cultures, one appeared to be a "pure colony™ 0; out 200 spores, which was not considered a significant amount. The other samples yielded one to two oo ees f appeared "dirty" with other organisms,” to on April 16, 2002, was advised_b IVINS had identified contamination outside the reported this information to that IVINS told[__about the swabbing after the fact.” as upset that IVINS conducted the sampling without going through the appropriate channels for approval.’> On either the afternoon of ps4 2002, or the morning of April 18, 2002, IVINS told jabout his sampling survey and the findings. became very upset with IVINS and told him that he should have gott. al.7° According to IVINS, on April 18, 2002, he went to land told of the sampling survey and the findings. was also upset with IVINS for sampling without authority. Likewise, USAMRIID's command_staff was very upset with IVINS' actions.”® According to IVINS, [——_pnsry reaction to learning of IVINS' ee ent environmental sampling confirmed IVINS' suspicions that would have opposed the survey if IVINS had sought preapproval. According on April 17, 2002, during a conversation between and IVINS, IVINS stated that it would be interesting to see what was lying around the facility. took the statement to mean that IVINS was curious as to what microorganisms would be found if a sampling survey was conducted. *° (WRITER'S COMMENTS - During an interview on March 31, 2005, IVINS claimed that the path he wab was the path that the Daschle letter took from a that through the pass-box in the wall of suite B3.% To , IVINS did not swab the hallway or locations near Dy Aside from the areas : —