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= © © FD-302a (Rev. 10-6-95) . . 7 279A-WF~-222936-302;279A-BA-C10139; 279A-WF-222936-USAMRIID Continuation of FD-302 of BRUCE E. IVINS On 03/03/2003 Page _ —§ 2 sheet to b6 does not reca bic IVINS knows into B3 because the data sheet. IVINS presumes Daschle letter was in B3 since knew that B3 was where IVINS had his lab space. During the fall of 2001, some DSD personnel had to be placed on Cipro as a precaution. This was not because the Daschle letter was processed in B3. IVINS advised that the "scuttlebutt" was that it was because of mishandling of material by DSD. If DSD did mess up with regard to safety, the most that could happen to would be a sl on the hand. On the other hand, the same a Gistake could affect] IVINS does not think that he should have been given the Daschle letter contained only in ziplocs, rather it should have been overpacked in_a_can.. He does not think that the letter should ; ; a ; b2 have ever been in[ ___| since it is a Biosafety Level (BL) 2 —_ area. He also found out after the fact that it should not have been processed in B3. [i received a "huge" Standard Operating Procedure bé (SOP) for the handling of future evidence. and than[ "said b7C that no evidence was to be taken into B3 or the Bacteriology Division in general. told IVINS about rompted him to conduct his independent swabbing project. said that the way the letters were being handled was terrible. IVINS advised that the hot spots found in B3 during the swabbing may have been contamination from the Daschle letter.