Are there any samples of RMR-1029 prior to that letter being opened there that would say that prior to the mailed spores coming into the building, that RMR-1029 was not contaminated with the mailed ones.
What I am trying to say is that once those mailed spores came to USAMRIID, any one of the 300 people could have purposefully or accidentally contaminated RMR-1029.
Is this possible?
“Ivins kept the one-liter flask of RMR-1029, but some 300 people within the Institute also had access to the flask, according to those familiar with operations there. Before 1999, the preparation was stored in a separate containment area, about 100 yards from the main building. At that time, “access was more vague, because the flask wasn’t under Ivins’ direct custodial control,” Andrews says.
Ivins also shared samples of RMR-1029 with researchers at other facilities.”