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aon FD)-302 (Rev. 10-6-95) Fd j : af t ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED -l- DATE Le-lo-2000 BY 60224 UC BADE oe FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcription 03/21/2004 ro ~1 OY Division, date of birth number was interviewed on at[___|place of employment at the United States Army nstitute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID). After being advised of identity of the agent and the purpose of the interview,[ provided the following information: account cr 2 stated that was incorrect in telling the pe interviewing agent on that some of the post- pa challenge plates used by BRUCE IVINS were made with blood agar. SIF Co said that the plates used by IVINS were made of Tryptic Soy Agar (TSA) made by the Cell Culture group at USAMRIID, and bé blood agar plates were not used. noted that the water & bvc used _in the all glass impingers (AGI) was purchased commercially. stated that blood agar _ plates were used oyf who had worked in root ee that there was a lyophilizer located in room of a USAMRITID. The unit was older, large, and o els. The ly izer in room[ _] was sometimes used in room of Buildin The unit was used a as part of studies on a that the dilutions, that were prepared as part o @ post-challenge plates, were stored in the walk-in cooler on the first of Building was not enough room in the refrigerator in room noted that the fifteen (15) milliliter (ml) AGI ConicalIs an e dilutions were disposed of after the post-challenge pl had been re ost of the AGI samples were autoclaved in room of Building |] by IVINS prior to disposal. stated that IVINS brought over a large flask containing the liquid preparation of Bacillus racis (B.a.) to be used in the aerosol challenges to Building from Building the day before a challenge_was to occur. The flask would be stored in room of Building[ | The material that was not Investigation on 03/18/2004 at Frederick, MD File # 279A-WF-222936-USAMRIID ~\A\ Date dictated N/A by This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FB] and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.