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ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED . -l- DATE 12-15-2006 BY 60324 UC BAW/DK/TH ED-302 Rev, 10-695) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcription _Q7. 2004 date of pirthL sd; Social b6 ri fumber was interviewed by Special Agent (SA) pic at the Federal B Investigation's Frederick Maryland Taskforce Office. already acquainted with sal __] voluntarily provided the following information: During a previous interview conducted on December 18, 2003, [__Jstatea that there had been 2 incidences of bacterial contamination in Building One of those incidences was discovered a few months ago when a routine aie of a door handle came up positive for Bacillus anthracis (B.a.). jclarified 2 that_the door handle was located on the inside of the hot suite on BIE the floor of Building [__] The source of the_contamination was traced back to carelessness by someone in the section. It could have happened when someone fo: Change gloves after decontaminating the suite. was the one who cultured the swab and determined the Contamination to be B.a. She did not, however, determine the B.a. strain. [___]would be the person to talk to regarding whether any of the culture or the swab still remains. There are no B.a. samples in| laboratory that are left-overs from previous researchers. stated that an old inventory of registered agents listed B.a. belonging to BRUCE IVINS was located in the first floor cold room. This inventory is relatively dated, and the_sample, if it were ever in the cold room, has since been removed. ee abes [Py scat any further details regarding this inventory or sample. stated that IVINS would be the person to talk to for further details. During the previous interview, ever approached by the FBI to submit samples into the FBI repository. [___ ]stated that approached wi is request, nor has any Orato: technicians. dia state[ wis willing to submit ] archived B.a. samples to the quested. During the Tast interview, [L___]was given an instruction sheet for_submitting sked | was B.a. collection never been B.a. samples to the FBI repository in the future. state that there is a major error in the instructions. The instructions call for the frozen samples to be thawed. believes that - frozen B.a. samples should never be thawed completely because it Investigation on 1/6/2004 at Frederick, Maryland bé Fan) b7C File #¥2 79A-WF-222936-USAMRIID; aie dictated ~=N/A » aa 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.