◆ SpookStack

’ . * < FD.302 (Rev. 10-6-95) ee -1- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION mH ALL INFORMATION CONTAIN HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE 12-16-2008 By 60324 0C BAW /RS/STW Date of transcription 12/17/2001 On December 3, 2001, in b/C axtelephone.number f, sdatex was interviewed regarding a in | After identifying themselves and the purpose of the interview[ ___lwas interviewed in accordance with a protocol established by FBI headquarters. ; fy Part I: Technical Questions: 1. Has your facility always maintained an inventory of B. anthracis? ANT o/ Answer: At least since 1980. Inventory records go back years before that. 2. Characterize the nature of your work with Bacillus anthracis. For example is it clinical, diagnostic, detector development, etc. Answer: [sd is: responsible for anthrax[ | 3. With which isolates of Bacillus anthracis are you currently working and with which have you worked in the past? 4. Do you, or have you done, work with the Ames strain? If so, where did you obtain the culture? Answer: Yes, Our culture came from USAMRIID. I believe Bruce Ivins probably got it from a research facility at Ames, Iowa. £ b7C File# 279A- Date dictated n/ a Bureau of Investigations) ey This document contains neither ‘recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned _to_your agency,