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Human Experimentation at Guantanamo: David Swanson Interviews Marine Sgt. Tom Hickman, Author of Murder at Camp Delta
11 Feb 2015
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Human Experimentation at Guantanamo: David Swanson Interviews Marine Sct. Tom Hickman, Author of Murder at Camp Delta

by David Swanson

Is the US engaged in ghastly human experimentation at Guantanamo? Absolutely, says US Marine Sgt. Tom Hickman a tower guard supervisor the night in 2006 when three detainees, tortured beyond endurance apparently succeeded in taking their own lives. Hickman is the author of Murder at Camp Delta: A Staff Sergeant's Pursuit of the Truth About Guantanamo Bay. Catch David Swanson's show eavery week on SoundCloud.


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