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FD-302a (Rev. 10-6-95) ro amen 279A-WF-222936-USAMRIID Continuation of FD-302 of oe On 01/15/2008 __,Page 3 [Jrecatted enae[ | nrc IVINS were not_ha about the decision to mové™away from anthrax-~- vaccine work. Co J recallea that when it was brought to IVINS's attention to work on glanders, IVINS was upset and made statements such as,"I'm an anthrax researcher! That is what I do." impression of IVINS was that he was a government scientist who was very comfortable with where he was at, and that IVINS was very reluctant to "change" at that point of his career. affirmed IVINS was akin to an old dog who didn't want to learn a new trick. recalled did not recall IVINS taking the issue up the chain of command. reiterated that the overall feeling was that IVINS would not be content simply conducting everyday menial type laboratory tasks, such as plating and assay work, however IVINS was resistant to glanders researc point after the anthrax- laced letter mailings of po0L Lo Jecviced that due to imminent inspections and reviews_that were schedule to take place during the new fiscal year, the Division ultimately tasked IVINS with developing standard operating procedures pertaining to various spore preparations as there was a perceived need to provide anthrax-spores to various entities via a standardized and uniformed manner. IVINS was considered a pioneer in the field of spore preparations and their use in animal challenges so he was tasked with the charge. sometime in 2002, | | st pull all the funding from the Burkholderia mallei ed (qlanders) projects