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e FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION t e . * Rey, 01-31-2003) Precedence: ROUTINE Date: 06/27/2005 To: Washington Field ALL INFORMATION conrarwen HEREIN 18 UWICLASSIFIED . , JATE Le-15-2008 BY 6032 > BAU SDE S From: Washington Field DATE la-15-2000 5 Q324 UC BADE /TH Amerithrax 3 Contact: SAL b6 Approved By: bic Case ID #: 279A-WF-222936-USAMRIID (Pending) -\@4 Title: AMERITHRAX; MAJOR CASE 184 Synopsis: To report on the analysis of USAMRIID keycard access database records corresponding to the July 2004 consensual search and inventory of Bacillus anthracis Ames strain material maintained at USAMRIID. Details: On July 16, 2004 through July 23, 2004, the FBI's Amerithrax Taskforce and Hazardous Material Response Teams (HMRTs) conducted a consensual\search and inventory of Bacillus anthracis (B.a.) Ames Strain materials maintained in Buildings 1412 and 1425 of the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIZD) . The search and inventory were conducted*to ensure fu compliance with a previously issued subpoena requesting submission of all USAMRIID B.a. Ames strain isolates to the FBI Repository. Prior to commencement of the search, an agreement was reached between the FBI and USAMRIID wherein personnel from both parties accessing the facility during the search period would have restricted and recorded access to areas within Buildings 1412 and 1425. Limited access was deemed necessary to conduct a safe, secure and thorough search, and was designed to minimize the impact to ongoing research at USAMRIID. An agreement was also reached that USAMRIID and FBI personnel would escort one another into the hot suites, or biocontainment areas, as a safety consideration and to maintain the integrity of the search. The following 18 FBI HMRT personnel participated in the search and inventory of B.a. Ames within the USAMRIID hot