title: Murder at Camp Delta: A Staff Sergeant's Pursuit of the Truth About Guantanamo Bay
author:  Joseph Hickman 
description: "Joseph Hickman's chilling account about the "suicides" of three young "war on terror" detainees is the final nail in Guantanamo's coffin that should lead to the closure of the detention facility, once and for all. Hickman risked his life and military career investigating the circumstances behind the deaths of these captives and his journey is laid bare in this gripping narrative about his nearly decade-long hunt for the truth. What he found is revelatory and disturbing. By the time you reach the last page of Murder at Camp Delta, you will understand what "Honor Bound to Defend Freedom" means and why, for Hickman, it was more than just a slogan. Murder at Camp Delta is a game changer. It will go down in history as one of the most important books to be written about the war on terror." (Jason Leopold, Investigative Reporter, VICE News, Author of News Junkie, a memoir.)<br /><br />"Sgt. Joe Hickman has written a terrific, riveting, and deeply disturbing book. I am shocked by what he reveals. Governments have always tended to suppress embarrassing facts; as the French general staff explained to investigator Col. Picquart during the Dreyfus Affair: "what importance is the innocence of one Jew compared to the reputation of the French Army?" But like Col. Picquart, Sgt. Hickman is compelled by an inner moral code to pursue truth and justice, regardless of the cost to himself. Our country badly needs such men. The truth always matters." (Thomas Wilner, Counsel of record for Guantanamo detainees before the U.S. Supreme Court in Rasul v. Bush and in Boumediene v. Bush)<br /><br />Disturbing account of abuse and secrecy at the Guantanamo Bay military prison, tied to the deaths of three detainess...[Murder at Camp Delta is] a plainly told, unsettling corrective to the many jingoistic accounts of post-9/11 military action. (<i>Kirkus</i>)<br /><br />[A] disturbing account of the mysterious deaths of three Arab prisoners at Guantanamo Bay in 2006. [Hickman] makes his case with compelling clarity and strength of character. (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>)<br /><br />If the Seton Hall report on Camp Delta was a seed, and Hortons article for <i>Harpers</i> a sapling, then <i>Murder at Camp Delta</i> is the tree in full bloom, its branches reaching into the spooky shadows of the national security apparatus. (<i>Newsweek</i>)<br /><br />This is an important chronicle of the disillusionment of a longtime American soldierIf America is to regain its honor, the truth about Guantnamo must be told, and for this reason Joseph Hickman is, as he says in the opening sentence of his necessary book, a "patriotic American." (<i>Biographile</i>)<br /><br /><i>Murder at Camp Delta</i> is a book of, by, and for true believers in patriotism and militarism. (<i>Firedoglake.com</i>)<br /><br />"Compelling... It's clear from his version of ... that theres still plenty we dont know about Guantanamo, a prison in which horrifying acts were carried out in the name of every American citizen." (<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i>)<br /><br /><i>"Murder at Camp Delta</i> may be the book that finally closes Guantnamo Bay." (<i>The Mantle</i>)
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  editor's note
  
  
  
  
  
  I was privileged to help Jaime Perez bring this story to you. As the editor,
  there are a few things I'd like to point out to the reader.
  
  
  This book uses the general terms "military," "military police officer (MP),"
  and occasionally "soldier" to describe the personnel at Guantanamo Bay. The US
  Navy operates the Guantanamo base, and is staffed mostly by Navy personnel and
  Marines. However, the refugee camps of 1994 were massive, and as such, a joint
  project for the branches of the US military, so the presence of Army soldiers
  and some Coast Guardsmen can't be ruled out (the Coast Guard was, in fact,
  central to Operation Sea Signal, the rescue efforts in American waters). So
  where the author does not recall uniform color, insignia or rank, the terms
  "MP" or "guard" are used, which is the general role most of these men filled.
  
  
  Most of this story is a personal memoir, but there are some boxes set in the
  text with extra information and historica