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FD-302a (Rev. 10-6-95) 279A-WF-222936-302 Continuation of FD-302 of oe ,On 06/04/2008 _,Page 5 [ opines that if the anthrax spores were centrifuged then a readily available and easy method of drying the anthrax spores would be lyophylization. [[_Jreiterated that lyophylization was easy to do with minimal contamination issues because there were filters on the system that would_prevent inadvertent aerosolization of the dried material. [~~ Jopined a pellet could be dried in under an hour. opined that the centrifugation/purification expertise of the perpetrator(s) is very important to this crime. opined an individual with knowledge could use a couple of slow speed centrifugations with water to rid the spores of most cellular debris. recalled there was a lyophilizer around the [——_] continued this lyophilizer was taken by took it all apart and swabbed it. At a later suite in as to the location of lyophilizers circa September 2001 withi to which he replied there was one in laboratory, there was one in "B-5" with a shelf unit, and had a small one. [___advised[ was unsure as to how IVINS became involved in the processing of the evidence pertaining to the anthrax-laced letter mailings of 2001. [___lopines[_vas asked to participate, possibly because "they" needed counts done by different people or they wanted a different labor do the counts. At a later point.[~ ] recalled it was abe neciaee 2 have IVINS take the letter to B3, stated the IVINS worked on the Daschle letter not the Leahy, and furthermore the Leahy letter never went into the hot suite. [____]disagreed with the possibility of the outside of the baggie containing the Daschle letter being contaminated when IVINS took it from DSD to the B3 hot suite. [was fairly certain i IVINS who took the Daschle letter to B3 from DSD and not opined point in the interview, was again was specifically re