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- S i FD-302(Rev. 106-95) _ ; -1l- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE l2-1l2-2005 BY 60324 UC BAW/RS/STW Date of transcription 01/29/2002 RITHRAX LEAD 297 b6é b7c was interviewed at[__] place of business. After being advised of the nature of the interview and the identity of the interviewing agents, [__]provided the following information. I C= USAMRIID. | [current assignment at USAMRIID began in| ——__i | _|was | i tti‘“‘é‘é‘l‘éL THis assignment consisted almost entirely o was assigned to USAMRIID fromL____—¥__ OCCU at time,[ lworked exclusively with the, ———COCC‘( Althoush| |, [__Jaccess, almost all of the work was in] sd holds aL —lin[ | from[ _] an[_] inl. ___] From University] | During that time,| |worked with the ae BS Pas then at] SSS [dyears; focusing on| Cs From] [to Po has not worked with any other Select Agents. does not work directly with B. anthracis, but elieves the Ames strain originate rom a carcass overe ry e USDA National Veterinary Services Lab (NVSL). heard that USAMRIID first’ acquired the strain from NVSL in the early- to mid-1980's. [dia not know of any commercial sources to obtain B. anthracis. [__] knows that Porton Down (the British research facility) has Ames samples -[__latso believed it would be easier to try to recover a sample o anthracis from nature than to try to remove it froma US lab. Os / 30/Zo0ew Investigation on 01/22/2002 a Fort Detrick, Maryland File # 279R-WR- -BA-101392 Date dictated 01/29/2002 SA f = by SA O14 KA EE Qd MAb ~ A- §7/ This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBLand is loa: JZ. 7 ned to_your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. io)