MAJOR GENERAL ANTONIO M. TAGUBA, US Army, CF

1234567891011121314151617181920212223sent Captain Deamantis out there, I said, “You put eyeballs on thisguy and you keep your eyeballs on this guy, because I don’t trusthim.” I was out there one time and the guy comes up to me this way,walks straight up to me, I thought he was going to say hello and allof a sudden he puts his arms around me to hug me. My PSD is pullinghim off and I said to my aide and the PSD afterwards, “You know thatwasn’t a hug, that guy wanted to know if I had a weapon on me, hewanted to know if I was wearing a vest under my shirt. You guys haveto stay between me and any of these infiltrators. I don’t like thatguy, I don’t trust him and I don’t want him around any of thedetainees.” And I told Sergeant Major Emerson that, I told MajorDinenna that, and it seemed like every time I went out there the guywas somewhere else around that processing line. Now, as far asanybody could tell me, he was never involved over in the cell block1A and B. But, sir, that was just one of so many examples where itwas clear that there was people with the opportunity to come in andleave that could make it dangerous for my MPs to operate out at AbuGhraib or up at the MEK compound or any of the other facilities.Q. Those are examples where either you took control of thesituation and either referred them back to your Battalions, orwhatever. That’s why I was asking before, standards. It wouldappear to me that the examples you are giving me where even to thepoint where these people are hugging you and whatever have you, it106