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fiat ALL INBQRMATION CONTAINED C ) i HEREI! UNCLASSIFIED DATE 12-09-2008 BY 60324 UC BAW/RS/LSC -FD-302 (Rev10-6-95) 2 : -1- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcription 12/15/2004 BRUCE E. IVINS, white male, date of birth 04/22/1946 social security number 280-44\5449 ili Road, Frederick, Maryland 21702, telephone numb: was interviewed at his place of business, The United States Army Medical Research bé Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Fort Detrick, bye Maryland, telephone number | After being advised the identity of the interviewing agents and the nature of the interview, he provided the following information: to participate on a team to assist Bioy t with potency testing for the anthrax vaccine. This was an order that came from the General. IVINS could not recall whe the commanding officers were at the time. The command was in contact with Po] Erom Bioport who elicited the support of USAMRIID because they were having problems with the potency of the anthrax vaccine. The acceptable potency level was not acceptable for The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve the vaccine fer distribution/sale. The team,.was comprised of; IVENS USAMRIID.[___CC‘idT Wass Sc was, working In late 1999, IVINS was aaron by his commanding officer rt of this team could not recall. Initially,_______] IVINS met with representatives from Bioport on several occasions. They met in Columbus, Ohio and ‘in Crystal City, Virginia. IVINS recalled a from Bioport attended these meetings. and IVENS also traveled to Bioport's headquarters in Lansing, Michigan. and? requested spores from IVINS. IVINS supplied with spores prepared in Leighton-Doi. [____]then telephone stating that all_their guinea pigs had died during the intradermal challenge, and suspected_that the reason was because the spores he had sent Bioport were "too hot", meaning too virulent. IVINS then sent Bioport more spore preparations grown in blood agar. Bioport encountered the same results and stated that the second spore preparations were ‘also "too hot". IVINS recalled sending Bioport preparations a third time, however could not recall the media used In the late 1990's, Bioport ran out of Vollum_1iB jeith VIN' Investigation on 12/03/2004 «a Frederick, MD File # 279. Date dictated N/A by 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. ININS Wed