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To: Washington Field From: Washington viol Re: 279A-WF-222936-USAMRIID, 05/24/2005 whether procedures were really not being performed safely, or = whether procedures were just being conducted differently than prc had seen previously, and interpreted the differences to be unsafe.’ Sometime soon after the glove incident occurred,L____] the incident rather it was a small tube of accompanie er to carry to another gq laboratory. The tube was_double bagged in ziplocks and the felt comfortable with the fact that there were no contamination concerns. was not absolutely certain, but relayed to IVINS that] original concern about unsafe handling of evidence was no longer a concern.™ [WRITER'S COMMENTS - Relative to twang. Fe described very different reactions to safety concerns. L interviews and in sworn statements, _____] minimized the discussions of and incidents related to safety concerns, while IVINS inflated them. referenced one or a few discussions, while IVINS indicated that [ "daily" discussions regarding safety concerns indicated during an interview with the FBI that was no longer concerned with contamination issues following discussion with referenced the glove incident on multiple occasions during interviews and sworn statements. Neither IVINS mentioned that informed them of discussion with or that conveyed to that[__|was no longer concerned. ] e Handling of the Daschle letter in suite B3 by IVINS and In the fall of 2001, soon after receipt of the Daschle letter at USAMRIID, IVINS conducted preliminary work with the B.a. evidence.” IVINS was tasked with assessing the concentration of the anthrax powder in the Daschle letter.” IVINS entered the evidence into USAMRIID's suite B3, a BSL-3 laboratory, through the B3 pass-thru box.“ IVINS stated that the contents of the letter contained a powder that was unlike anything he had ever dealt with previously. Upon examination, the powder contained in the letter seemed to float easily in the air.** IVINS was surprised by the fineness of the powder and stated that "it floated around inside the hood like dust in the sunlight."*® IVINS stated that due to the ease at which the 3 [