(CNN) -- A former security guard told CNN on Monday that he was unjustly fired after he took pictures of President Barack Obama's motorcade during a visit to Atlanta in September. 

Kenneth Tate worked for a private security firm when President Obama visited the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on September 16. 

He told CNN's Brooke Baldwin in an exclusive television interview that he stuck to his assigned duties and tried to take photos after he was done escorting President Obama. 

Members of Congress were upset when the media reported last month that Tate had a .40-caliber handgun while in an elevator with the President. That report, coupled with news of an incident in which a man jumped a fence and made it into the White House, led to the resignation of Secret Service Director Julia Pierson. 

Tate said he was issued a weapon by his security firm on the morning of the President's visit, but no one told him it was a violation of Secret Service protocol for him to carry a gun, he said. 

Tate's lawyer, Christopher Chestnut, said his client was fired unjustly for leaving his post. 

"He should never have lost his job for doing what he was supposed to do," Chestnut said. He added that Tate is not a felon, contrary to prior media reports. 

Tate said he was supposed to take the President to two different floors of one of the CDC buildings. 

"Those tasks I carried out," he told CNN. He said he also was asked to escort some Secret Service agents to the roof and other locations  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What did Kenneth Tate used to do for a living?
2. How was Kenneth Tate formerly employed?
3. What used to be Kenneth Tate's job?
Q2:
1. Why does Kenneth Tate think he was fired?
2. What does Kenneth Tate believe to be the reason for his firing?
3. Why does Kenneth Tate believe he was let go from his position?
Q3:
1. What city was Kenneth Tate working in?
2. What city was the location of Kenneth Tate's job?
3. Where did Kenneth Tate take pictures of Barack Obama?
Q4:
1. Who did Kenneth Tate give an interview to?
2. What TV channel interviewed Kenneth Tate?
3. What media outlet got an interview with Kenneth Tate?
Q5:
1. What claim did the media make about Kenneth Tate besides that he photographed Barack Obama?
2. What did the media say that Kenneth Tate did in addition to taking a picture of Barack Obama?
3. What did Kenneth Tate allegedly do in addition to photographing the president?
Q6:
1. Who is Kenneth Tate's lawyer?
2. What is the name of Kenneth Tate's attorney?
3. Who is Kenneth Tate's legal representation
Q7:
1. Was Kenneth Tate registered as a felon?
2. Was it true that Kenneth Tate was a felon?
3. Had Kenneth Tate formerly been convicted of a crime?
Q8:
1. What building was the president visiting?
2. What was the site of Barack Obama's visit?
3. What building did Barack Obama pay a visit to?
Q9:
1. How many floors of the CDC did Barack Obama visit?
2. What was the number of floors of the CDC that Obama was on?
3. How many floors of the CDC were visited by Barack Obama?
Q10:
1. Did Kenneth Tate escort Barack Obama to the floors of the CDC?
2. Did Barack Obama go to two floors of the CDC with Kenneth Tate?
3. Did Kenneth Tate accompany Barack Obama throughout the CDC?
Q11:
1. Did Kenneth Tate escort secret service agents to the basement?
2. Was the basement the place that Kenneth Tate took secret service agents?
3. Were secret service agents accompanied to the basement of the CDC by Kenneth Tate?
Q12:
1. What was the name of the director that resigned from the Secret Service?
2. Who resigned from their position as director of the Secret Service?
3. Who agreed to leave their job as director of the secret service?
Q13:
1. What action led to Julia Pierson resigning as director of the secret service?
2. What did a man do that led to Julia Pierson resigning as director of the secret service?
3. What action of a man made Julia Pierson agree to leave her position as director of the Secret Service?
