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5 To: Washington Field From: Washington vuo® Re: 279A-WF-222936-USAMRIID, 05/24/2005 whether procedures were really not being performed safely, or procedures were just being conducted differently than had seen previously, and a differences to be unsafe.’ interpreted the Sometime soon after the glove incident occurred, _] was familiar with @ letter to carry to another Ip laboratory. The tube was_double bagged in ziplocks and the Ce feete comfortable with the fact that there were no contamination concerns. was not absolutely certain, but Ce reiayed to ivins> ena] original concern about unsafe handling of evidence was no longer a concern.** [WRITER'S COMMENTS - Relative to zine. [ee described very different reactions to safety concerns. i interviews and in sworn statements, De iiininizea the discussions of and incidents related to safety concerns, while IVINS inflated them. referenced one or a few discussions, while IVINS indicated that i "daily" discussions regarding safety indicated during an interview with the was no longer concerned with contamination issues discussion with referenced the glove incident on multiple occasions during interviews and sworn statements. Nei IVINS mentioned that informed them_of discussion with or that conveyed to that[___]was no Ionger concerned. ] concerns FBI that following| . Handling of the Daschle letter in suite B3 by IVINS and In the fall of fter receipt of the Daschle letter at USAMRIID, IVINS conducted preliminary work with the B.a. evidence. IVINS was tasked with assessing the concentration of the anthrax powder in the Daschle letter.” IVINS entered the evidence into USAMRIID's suite B3, a BSL-3 laboratory, through the B3 pass-thru box.** IVINS stated that the contents of the letter contained a powder that was unlike anything he had ever dealt with previously. Upon examination, the powder contained in the letter seemed to float easily in the air.‘* IVINS was surprised by the fineness of the powder and stated that "it floated around inside the hood like dust in the sunlight."** IVINS stated that due to the ease at which the