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Precedence: PRIORITY Date: 08/05/2008 b6
To: WashingtonField Attn: SA ss2?j I I b'7C
From: Philadelphia
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Drafted By: CaseID #92=279A-wF-222936-BE1 ¬ P!ending! 1 3 /1
Title: AMERITHRAX; ~ MAJGR CASE 184; OO:WF <
Synopsis: To report lead coverage. Reference:-/2Z9A WF-222936 BEI Serial 327 Administrative: Referencetele hone calls betweenSA[:::::::::] Iii and SS1-Wil Enclosure s!: Enclosed for Washington Field/AMX 2/NVRA, are one ! original and two ! copies each of FD 302's documenting b6 . interviews of| lon O7/28/2008, 07/29/2008and O8/01/2008. b - C »Details: interview Referencedthe manage; serialQj requested theapartmfnts Philadelphia tolocated at[::::::::::::] locate and L_ and obtain any back ground information reqardinql |Also, locate and intervgg
I land now e ge o he youtube.com obtain postings information regarding and any con ac association with Bruce Edwards Ivins.
u On 07/28/2008, while in the process of developing b6 background informationong;:;:g:;:;:]ahd priorto having "kc necessityconducted the interview[i::;;:;:;:ithat interview to 1 a e la was advised Given ofevening. the urgent the Iv urgency of the situation, 1 a e phia did not interview the manager ofthe apartmentbuilding in which[:::::::::] resides
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ableas requested toidentif in referenced thea artment serial.building However, manager Philadelas[::?:::::::::] hia was Y_Q1L23L2QQE___Also_nresenr_durina_LTe[::::::::::]was interviewed during the was ev ' interview be ' have ever DZC
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Neither| lknow of, or have ever had any association with, an individual named Bruce Edwards Ivins or Bruce Ivins. I Followinterviews up of[;::::::;:;]wereconducted on 07/29/2008 and 08/O1/2008 and are ocumen e in the enclosed FD- 302's. 6 I lare both available for future l b 1'rv contact or inquiries. 92./
Should Washington Field/AMX 2/NVRA determine that there is still an investi ative need to interview the apartment building managerofi:::::::::::]residence, WashingtonField/AMX 2/NVRA is asked to advise Philadelphia accordingly. Philadelphia 92 considers this lead covered. '
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Date oftranscription O'7 f 3 1 Z 2 OO 8 I white maledazebirthI of Isocigl Securjt ccount Number SSANLIJ I residenceI I I Ihome telephone_ I ' business tele hone business fax I email_ bb interviewedat his residence / AIsp_web ' site during present theinterview I was b7C wasI white female, date and lace of 51r¬HI 5SANr emailI reside' I together I After being advised of the iden ' interviewing agent and the purposeinformation:the of interview,Eiii:ff: ff]provided _ the following I Ia companvtTat Ito governmentand private-sector clients. Iwas I incorporatedIcurrently Iand began employs id approximatelybusiness the individuals duriii ofend at the Philadelphia office. Several people work for in I Iofher emplovs one person each 1nI I people workin a governmentfreelance capacity fo ' computers l assigned toI I The telephonenumber I no on y l I he resided there as wel ' has resided at his current address,
he raduated I Iatiendsdl from In earned his Idegree fromI I earned his Ialso fron1[::::::::::] Investigation on /28 /2O8 O at 0 I I . File# 27 9A WF 222 936 BEI 3 75b nae dictated by SAI I
This documentcontains neitherrecommendations norconclusions ofthe FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your age it and its contentsare not to be distributed outsideyour agency. FD-302a Rev.10-6-95!
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Yearsaqoll Icréhted and utilized[::::::;:;::::] I The passwor or the email account wasLq id not recall if he chose the assword or if it was automatica y assigned to the account. advised that he did not frequently use that [::::;::;;:::g'v1aemail account. em. utilizedemodiscontinued internet the service use ofprovider AT&T and AT&T even ua y s oppedE:::::::::::::]email account and forgot about it He last used that email account sometime in described account becausel
I Sev eral years ago, as e I to close t e accoun . ¢ b6 For the past several yearsLJ I b7C [;;::]or beganspoofing,usingviruses a service spam.called and to describedl;;;;;::Las screen incominemailsa service whereby emails are first screened_b nd the "clean" emails are then sent through to "Trapped" emails , r ' Q O N. FD-302a Rev. 10-6-95! i '.
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ContinuationFD-3024' of of I , OnO / '72 82 OO 8 , Page__3__ . are retainedon[::;::;:]servers a period for of timeand are available foreven ua. . % review if O . desired. According. to[:::;::::::] 'Occasionally,the service 1S 98emails -996 undesiredeffective at reach do theend "cleaning" user.emai . During this past weekend,| |attempted to create b6 an online account wit He chose and entered b7C characters prompwhenas his to ed select usernamea password he the T:ffEfff§:f ff??j websiteutilized indicateda different passwordthat the username than account theone entered by[:;;::::;:;;]already existed and was then prompted to enter a new password, a er w i he entered Iwas then granted access to and able to enter| lwebsite. suspiciousWhen asked activity involving if he has experienced email,his anyonline unusualbanking or credit or accounts, advised of one instance in the 1990's [::::::::%]involvin Siegal's, of a chargeda catalog orderinitem on com any. behalf Siegal's which wasnotified sent to an address not on file or associated with j [::::::::::]advised Siegal'she thatdidnot placethat c arge. Neither] t H djknow of, or have ever had any association with, an individual name BRUCE EDWARDSIVINS or bf/C BRUCE IVINS. | Iare both available for future contact or inquiries. ' 92 v FD8020%w.H&9$ ALL URMATIDU CONTAINED HFEIH I5 UEELASSIFIED DATE 12-15-EDGE BY snszs uc BAMfR5fLSE -1-
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I Iwhite male date of92birth| |Social Security 1 n I home telephone business usiness I. |telephone| H web businesf site faxl emailkontacted the writer as a follow up to an interview of| |conducted the previous day. , ,/~bt [::::::::::]contactedwriterto providethe additional b7C fizzy information concerning online accounts which he has utilized. The emailaddress utilizedbyL:::;;;;:::] duringthe time he subscribed to internet service provi er , was | |stopped using that account some¬ime§after| | Concerning his account,[::::::::::]advisedthat the account was created o Concerning hisold| laccount, sfafemengs,[:::::::]accountadvised that, according paidto 51$ through| American was Express l Finally,[:::;::::::]conducteda query of hiscomputer at his place of business or any references to BBUQE EQHARDS IVINS or BRUCE IVINS with negative results. 92 [::::::::::]is available for future contact or inquiries.
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Investigationon 07/29/2008atJ | telephonic! File# 279A-WF-222936-BEI/37.5 Date diétated by sA| |
This documentcontains neitherrecommendations norconclusions ofthe FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contentsare not to be distributed outsideyour agency. FD6o2Gw_uL69$ ALL TNFL strum nnmtnrntn HREIH IS UECLASSIFIED DATE l2~l5-EDGE B? 60324 UC BAUIHSILSZ '_1' FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
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I Accoun I umberwh'male datp of 'rthI residenceI ISocial VI Securita bg Hume telephone I bw: business eiephoneI usiness tax I email I y the writer webas a site followup to previous interviewswas of on 07/28/2008 and 07/29/2008. ~ I Iadvised that he recently heardnews reports concerning the suicide of BB QE_EDHABQ§_lElN§ and of IVINS' association with the FBI's investigation into the 2001 Anthrax attacks as well as IVINS's employment at a U.S. Government 92news laboratory media reporting located in Frederickon IVINS,[;::::f:;;:Lwas Mar land. Evencertain that with open source he ha never known nor had any associa ion wi RUCE EDWARDS IVINS. <[:::::::::::]is available for futurecontact or inquiries.
InvestigationO8/O1/2008 on I I t6l¬p1'1Ol'1iC! at Hm# 279A WF 222936 BEI/Q}G@/ Dme mmm by SEI I .
This documentcontains neitherrecommendations norconclusions ofthe FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency it and its contents are not to be distributed outsideyour agency. _ . r! ' 1. q J ALL IIIfFE]QI[]I~f ElZII~] l AI1 -T5113 HEREIN If CLASSIFIED FD-302 Rev.10-6-95! DATE l2 l5-2l3l3E B1 50324 UE BM*.T.->'R5_.*'L5C
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On 07/12/2008, agents and task force officers of the FBI Washington Field Office conducted searches o [::%::]re istered The undersearches the names wereauthorized of BRUCE EDWARD underthe IVINSIdirectorate of search warrants issued by U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah Robinson, District of Columbia, and were conducted of: a red Dodge passenger van, bluebearingSaturn four vehicle identification door sedan, numberbearing VIN!I VINI LaidIaa blue Honda Civic 4 door sedan, bearing VINI At approximately 6:48 a.m. SAI ISA I ISAI Iand PostalIns ectorI I b6 I met r site withlocatedLEf1 SA land SAI Iat eSA 7C [:;;::lprovided P Ithe keysfor whatS e ieve to be Civica t ree !wereparked of the named the in vehicles. driveway Theof theresidence Dodge van and theBRUCEE?:i:] of I:IIVINS,I Iand the a urn was parked in Ehe parking lot of Ft. Detrick, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases USAMRIID!, south of building 1425, off of Randall Street.
Upon arrival at the residence, the red Dodge van, Maryland license plate:[:::::::]was parked on the north side of the theasphalt driveway VIN#of thevehicle. The vehicle was unlocked SA[::;:::::;::]docume£;;;:;;;:;;hlcle's SA verified odometer reading as 123,530 mi es. P otographs and a sketch were taken of the vehicle. At approximately 7:06 a.m. the search began. _ No evidence was recovered during the search; however, a bb gun and stamps were documented on the administrative log as being pres n in' the vehicle. SAI Neither the stamps nor the gun were seized. I [;;:::::]placed copya ofthe search warrant on the driver'sseat of e van. The doors of the van were closed and left unlocked and the windows were rolled up. The search of the vehicle concluded at approximately 7:33 a.m. be andAt a ' P ffffiiijbegan ely 7:45pro a.m., ' he SAI Honda ISA Civic. SA b"/ C verified theVIN# andSAiiiii?f:jtook photographsto umen the condition of the vehicle prior to relocating the vehicle to an off site location for the search. The vehicle was
Investigation on 07 /12/2008 at Frederick, Maryland File# 279A WF 222936 BEI-r Z4/.5 Date dictated by SAPi I This documentcontains neitherrecommendations norconclusions ofthe FBI. It is the propertyof the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contentsare not to be distributed outsideyour agency. J
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unlocked and parked on the south side of the driveway of the IVINS wereresidence. Theaffixed to front the passengervehicle. tire wasPI[:::Q;] opened flat. No license driver'sthe plates side door and entered the vehicle to veri y that the keys provided by SA E:::::]werehowever for vehiclethe the vehicle. would not The keysstart. didPIE::::::]exited turn in the ignition; vehicle.the SA[::::i:]placed the vehicle into neutra gear and the car was searchloaded onto location.a flatbedPIg::::;;:;;;;]escorted tow truck for transport thevehicle to the off-site tothe parking lot across rom e offsite location at 4640 Wedgewood Boulevard, Frederick, Maryland where the vehicle was searched. commencing,At a roximatel , SAiE:::g:;:::E:;:;1took9:30 a.m.,photographs prior to the the search Honda Civicof to document the con 1 ion o e vehicle. The search began at ap roximately 9:40 a.m. In ad ' ' to I SAI I
SAt::::::;]Sl e at t e searc to P UQ@@Q@QQlSA and provi e ec nical SAI support. No andIwere on evidence was recovered during the search. A copy of the search warrant was placed on the driver's side seat and the search concluded at approximately 10:10 a.m. At approximately 10:40 a.m., the vehicle was reloaded onto the flatbed tow truck and esc I SAI Iand SAI IbackI toPII theIVINS Iwas at the residence,Tj;ii:Ej] resi ence bvc whenonto the the vehiclesouth arrived sideof the underdriveway. escort. e SA[:::::::::::gandve icle was unloadedPI[:::::::] inspected the vehicle for damage no damage was no ed that resulted from the execution of the search warrant. The vehicle was_ returned to the parked gear and the doors were left unlocked and the windows were rolled up. All activities with the vehicle concluded at approximately 11:00 a.m. and SA[::::::§rrivedAt a proximatelyat the 8 parking13 a m , SAI lotor Ft. Detrick, ISAI U.S.Army I Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases USAMRIID! on the south of building 1425 off of Randall Street. The blue Saturn was parked on the east side of the lot in one of the center rows with the front of the car pointing north. The car was unlocked when agents arrived on scene. The car had Maryland license plate number: I I SALt Iverified theVIN# andSA[:::::::]took photographs o document the condition of the vehicle prior to relocating the vehicle to the off-site location for the search. After photographs, SALE;;:::] entered the unlocked vehicle and placed the car into neutral gear. The car was then loaded onto a flatbed tow truck for transport to the off-site search location. At FD 302a Rev 10-6-95!
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ContmuatlonFD-302 of of , On O 7/ 1 2 / 2 O O 8 , Page £- approximatelya.m., 8:27 SAE;:;;:::::%]left the Ft. Detrick property and escorted the ve lc e to t e parking lot across from the FBI offsite location at 4640 Wedgewood Boulevard, Frederick, Maryland where the vehicle was searched.
At approximately 8:48 a.m. the tow truck arrived at the offsite the , v h e ic l e was d l own oa d de , t h e car was placed back into the parked gear, and photographs were again taken prior to commencin the g o search. Search f th e ve h' lC e l b 'e an at a roxlmatel SA[::%::::ffand9:00 .m esent during PII theISAI search Ian were SA SAI were | also on site at the sear h c location to provide tec nlca support. No evidence was recovered during the search. A copy of the search warrant was placed on the driver's side seat and the search concluded at approximately 9:33 a.m. Shortly thereafter, the 6 vehicle was reloaded onto the flatbed tow truck and at b7C approximately 9:57a.m., wasescorted bySA[::::::]and PI[:::::::] back to the parking lot of Ft. Detrick, U.S. Army Medical Research buildingInstitute of 1425 Infectiousoff of DiseasesRandall Street. USAMRIIDSA on|:|and the south Pl|:| of advised SA[::::::%;:;;thatthey inspectedthe vehicle for damage warrant.no damage was SA[::::::Jand note t atPI[;;::::]also resulted from the advised executionthat the of thevehicle search was returned to approximately e same location, that the doors were locked to secure it, the windows were rolled up, and that a copy of the search warrant was left on the driver's seat. All activities with the vehicle concluded at approximately 10:20 a.m.
At approximately 11'05a m after the searches of Dodge van,the Honda Civic, and the Saturn werecomplete, PI returned the keys for the three ! vehicles to SA fr C 7, M?QNN N§° K3,Q? b b 0 ALLQ HFDPHATIUH CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DETE l2 l5 3DD6 BY 5E3Z4 UC E M, J l W W» IQ 5% C/hv ca/I/aw4%4wJc¢I£¢éMUMi?/1% ? i;Z[f; "
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