horton based his reporting on guantanamo in part on testimony from a whistleblower, staff sergeant joseph hickmanon guard that night at camp delta. hickman has been most of his life in the military. he was awarded a medal in the army commendation medal while he was stationed with the six under 20 night military intelligence battalion in guantÁnamo bay. he was praised for dealing with the prison revolt in may 2006 when by his own estimation, he became the first u.s. soldier to give the order to fire on prisoners at guantÁnamo bay. >> staff sergeant joseph men -- hickman has just published a book about the deaths. it is titled, "murder at camp delta: a staff sergeant's pursuit of the truth about guantanamo bay." since leaving the military joseph hickman began working as an independent researcher for the seton hall university school of law's center for policy and research. he joins us from green bay wisconsin. we are also joined here in new york by the director of the center, seton hall professor mark denbeaux. the center has just published a new report titled, "guantanamo: america's battle lab." jo

. >> joseph hickman was serving as a prison guard at guantanamo. >> they did not die in their cells. >> hundreds gathered to protest. >> they want to live their life like the middle east, they can go back to the middle east. >> with begin with questions on the legal fate of sergeant bowe bergdahl and the expect biggest budget ever. it is denied that bergdahl exchanged for five prisoners last may will likely be charged with desertion. when president obama sense his budget to congress monday, it's said to include a request of $534 billion for america's military, including $35 billion more than the sequestered budget caps allow, plus another $51 billion to fight the wars in afghanistan, syria and iraq. the service chiefs told the senate armed services committee that the money was essential. without it, the army chief of staff feared being forced to send troops who weren't properly trained and ready to manage some new contingency. it is warned to america's technological edge was eroding as possible antagonists are catching up. u.s. and coalition war planes are credited with a major role