* GAO Should Obtain From The FBI The Laboratory Chain-Of-Custody Form that has a space that identifies who destroyed the Feb. 02 sample submitted by Dr. Ivins and states the reasons it was not preserved (such as the others that were preserved using different slants)
Posted by Lew Weinstein on January 7, 2012
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FBI destroyed anthrax evidence
Official reason: The sample didn’t meet conditions for its collection
LARA JAKES JORDAN and SETH BORENSTEIN, Associated Press
Published 05:30 a.m., Tuesday, August 19, 2008
WASHINGTON — FBI scientists early on had — but destroyed — the unique strain of anthrax used in the deadly 2001 attacks that years later would lead them to Dr. Bruce Ivins, the government’s top suspect in the nation’s biggest bioterror case.
FBI Assistant Director Vahid Majidi said Monday the initial anthrax sample that Ivins took from his Army lab in February 2002 and gave investigators did not meet court-ordered conditions for its preparation and collection.
In a briefing for reporters, Majidi said the sample kept at the FBI lab was destroyed because the bureau believed it might not have been allowed as evidence at trial.
“Looking at hindsight, obviously we would do things differently today,” Majidi said.
Ivins, 62, took a fatal dose of acetaminophen last month as prosecutors prepared to indict him for murder.
He gave investigators a second sample of anthrax from his lab in April 2002 to comply with standards in a subpoena.
Comment: Why did Special Pathogens submit a sample in May 2002 on a “homemade slant” if that was the reason that Dr. Ivins was destroyed? The instructions expressly permitted an equivalent to be used. If the TSA slant made in the laboratory by Special Pathogens was permitted, why wasn’t the TSA slant made in the laboratory by Dr. Ivins’ lab permitted? The instructions expressly permitted a Remel TSA Slant OR ITS EQUIVALENT.