MAJOR GENERAL ANTONIO M. TAGUBA, US Army, CF

1234567891011121314151617181920212223that stipulated that they could carry, that you authorized for themto carry their weapons, their sidearms, inside the compound?A. Absolutely not.Q. Were you aware that there were comments or allegations thatthose MPs were indeed wearing their sidearms, but were concealingthem in their cargo pockets?A. I-- I----Q. Were you aware that a member of your Command Group knew ofthat?A. I-- I am not. That they were carrying sidearms----Q. Sidearms, concealed in their cargo pockets----A. ----inside the compound?Q. Absolutely.A. They never shared it with me.Q. They never asked you for permission of that, because of thedangers that were imposed to them during the riots?A. No, sir. What they got permission from me to do was-- theweapons racks were removed from anywhere near the compounds. Andthey were given permission instead of keeping them inside in the TOC,they were moved to the tent, still outside the compound, but wherethe QRF was, in a weapons rack. They got permission for that. Theywere storing non-lethal and lethal ammunition in the same shotgun.That was changed.76