(28 Apr 2003)
1. Wide shot of new FBI lab
2. Mid shot of flags outside lab
3. Various shots of inside FBI new laboratory
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dwight Adams, FBI Lab Director:
"It is housing now, not only the world class technologies that we perform in the J. Edgar Hoover building, but it's also housing the world class scientists that perform that work, so that we are able now to perform our test in the best facility possible under the best conditions possible."
5. Mid shot of worker inside lab
6. Various shots of different machines inside lab
7. Various shots of finger printing sheet
8. Wide shot of firearms reference collection
9. Close up of firearms reference collection
10. Various shots of tests underway in lab
11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dwight Adams, FBI Lab Director:
"I think it's the heart and soul of the employees in this building that should erase any signs of controversy, we've got a world class facility here no doubt, but more importantly we have world class scientists performing the tests, and that's what this work is all about. We're not out in this building to prove theories, we're out here to provide truth, provide that truth to prosecutors or to the defence - that's what this laboratory is all about."
12. Various shots of workers in lab
STORYLINE:
The FBI opened the doors on Thursday to a 155 (m) million US dollar crime lab that gives the bureau state-of-the-art technology for forensic police work, ranging from the latest DNA matching to analysis of muddy shoeprints.
Seven years in the making, the lab is another step in the FBI's recovery from allegations of shoddy science and poor worker performance, officials say.
The building's 650 workers are spread over five floors that cover more than 460,000 square feet (41,400 square metres) - double the size of the lab at its old headquarters' in downtown Washington.
The lab is located on the campus of the FBI Academy, its main training facility about 35 miles (56 kilometres) south of the capital.
For Dwight Adams, the lab's director, the key change is that evidence and forensic work is now completely separate from the regular office, with a 100 percent clean air supply that cuts down on contamination and elevators to be used only to transfer items being examined.
The lab has microscopes for DNA sampling and huge evidence bays where entire tractor-trailers and airplane fuselages can be pored over.
There are thousands of samples of car paint for use in identifying vehicles used in crimes and 5,000 firearms on hand for gun-match testing.
The lab opening comes as the FBI continues to recover from allegations made by a whistle-blower in the mid-1990s about poor science, with an estimated 3,000 cases that may have been affected by the problems.
One FBI lab technician has resigned for allegedly improperly testing 103 DNA samples, all of which are under bureau review.
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