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> - ~ b7c _ - x 4 ALL | CONTAINED = FD-30%(Rev. 10-6-95) - . HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED . DATE 12-08-2008 BY 60324 UC BAW/RS/LSC -l- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date oftscrintin —_ 04/17/2003 -On April 15, 2003, BRUCE E. 04/22/1946, social security account nu interviewe i) States ore Medical Research Institut? o _infectious Diseases . ‘Ort Detrick, Maryland, teléepiione fter be being — Of the identity o @ agent and the purpose of the interview, IVINS provided the following information: , Was ¢ IVINS keeps his samples in cryotubes in 5"x 5"x 0.5" freezer boxes. He does not recall having any larger Sterilite boxes in the lab. The only lyophilizer at USAMRIID that IVINS had any knowledge of is located in Suite B5. This lyophilizer is a Virtis and it went straight to Suite B5 after it was received at USAMRIID. It has never been outside of Biosafety Level (BSL) 2 lab space. IVINS used this lyophilizer to make MPL PA vaccine. This vaccine is made from a detoxified product from Gram negative bacteria and is used as a non-specific immunity booster. It does not offer protection against any particular disease, and it can be added to any vaccine. He has not used this lyophilizer since the mid 1990s. Anyone in the Bacteriology Division would have access to — this lyophilizer, as well as anyone with access to Suite B5. ‘At j5 one time, access to Suite B5 could also be gained via the crash« byF door. There is a combination lock on the Suite B5 door, but IVINS did not know when that lock was installed. Prior to the combination lock, there was a key lock on the door which onl) worked some of the time. IVINS has never seen a let alone near the Suite B5 lyophilizer. There _is an itional lyophilizer in Building 1412, Room be bic Mins, 202- Investigation on 04/15/2003 Washington, DC 279A-BA-C101392 = 19 File# 279A-WF-222936-USAMRIID, 279A-WF-222936-~ te dictat This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to youn it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. Daeeeby