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ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED . -l- DATE le-15-2000 BY 60324 UC BADE, FD-302 (Rev. 10-6-95) eg FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcription 01/06/2004 date of pirthl sid Social bé Securaty Number was interviewed by Special Agent (SA) bIC at the Federal Bur f Investigation's Frederick Maryland Taskforce Office. a already acquainted with sal__] voluntarily provided the following information: During a previous interview conducted on December 18, 2003,[___—istated that there had been 2 incidences of bacterial contamination in Building One of those incidences was b6 discovered a few months ago when a routine St of _a_door handle bic came up positive for Bacillus anthracis (B.a.). clarified be that_the door handle was located on the inside of the hot suite on BIE the floor of Building [__] The source of the contamination was traced back to carelessness by someone in the section. It could have happened when someone forgo oO change gloves after decontaminating the suite. was the one who cultured the swab and determined the contamination to he B.a. She did not, however, determine the B.a. strain. [___|would be the person to talk to regarding whether any of the culture or the swab still remains. There are no B.a. samples in laboratory that are be left-overs from previous researchers. stated that an old bic inventory of registered agents listed B.a. belonging to BRUCE IVINS was located in the first floor cold room. This inventory is relatively dated, and the_sample, if it were ever in the cold room, has since been removed. Chases know any further details regarding this inventory or sample. stated that IVINS would be the person to talk to for further details. eked AE was collection never been During the previous interview, ever approached by the FBI to submit samples into the FBI repository. [____|stated that approached wi is request, nor has any aborator technicians. | aia state[ ais willing to submit] archived B.a. samples to the quested. During the last interview, [____]was given an instruction sheet for submitting[ B.a. samples to the FBI repository in the future. state that there is a major error in the instructions. The instructions call for the frozen samples to be thawed. believes that - frozen B.a. samples should never be thawed completely because it Investigation on 1 / 6 /2 004 at Frederick 1 Maryland b6 bic nie ¢Y979R-WE-222936-USAMRIID. ate dictated N/A by sal | . This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.