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ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED FD-302 (Rev. 10-6-95) DATE 12-09-2008 BY 60324C BAW/RS/VCF -1- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcription 01/04/2006 Social Security Account was interviewed on December 19, 2005, at place of employment, Battelle,...505.King Avenue,. columbus.... b6 Ohio, OT b7C Special Agents (SAs) Also present/during the interview was Assistant General Counsel, Battelle. After being advised of the identities of the interviewing Agents and the purpose of the interview,. was presented with an AMERITHRAX; Major Case-184 Non-disclosure Agreement (NDa). After reviewing the document,. signed the NDA. At this point, provided the following information: indicated that over the past few years scientists at. Battelle have isolated two different contaminants from Bacillus b6 anthracis (Ba) spore preparations. One contaminant was determined b7C to be Bacillus pumilus and the other was determined to be Bacillus subtilis. These determinations were made using a 24 hour API strip. believes that both of these contaminates were purified. from the Ba and may still exist as frozen stocks at Battelle's Building. stated that In the course of reviewing documentation related to. Battelle's Ba Ames spore preparations labeled BAAl77 at Battelle's facility located at 1425 State Route 142, West Jefferson, Ohio, noticed a discrepancy between Battelle's documentation and an e-mail sent from to Dr. BRUCE IVINS at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (UsAMRIiD). Battelle's "Etiologic Agent Receipt and Inventory Information on 5/6/04. An e-mail from to IviNs suggests that Battelle was. working with BAl77 in January of 2005. At approximately 3:30pm on December 19 2005, was asked about this discrepancy. SA. was not present during this portion of the interview.. stated that viewed BAA177 and BAl78 as being from a single sample considered them to be from the same sample because. IVINs indicated to that they were the same Ibelieves that both BAA177 and BAA178 were contaminated despite that fact that Battelle never actually determined if BAAl77 was contaminated and assumed BAA177 was contaminated because BAA178 was shown to be contaminated. 3oZ Investigation on 12/19/2005 at Columbus, Ohio. File # 279A-WF-222936-BATTELLE -- iO~7 Date dictated N/A SA b6 by SA b7C This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBl. 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.