Reply #10: Good article, but it wasn't Westhusing's "flaw", it was the flawed system he tried to work with.

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The fact that he was isolated shortly after being publicly commended for his work sounds very suspicious to me. Was he too busy trying to do his own job that he wasn't seeing to other kinds of "jobs"?

"The officer said that "strength of character was Ted's defining characteristic. It was unflinching integrity." That integrity, he said, was also Westhusing's great flaw. "To be a true flaw, the personality has to have great strength. And that characteristic caused his downfall.""

They think he should have been weaker and had a more flinching type of "integrity"? Would he have been better off, or would they have been?

His suicide note "Written in large, block letters ..."

Did Westhusing often write notes in big, block letters, or did someone/group not find anyone that was good at faking his handwriting style?

This whole story has a Karen Silkwood vibe to me. If it was a murder, I certainly wouldn't expect it to be seriously investigated or reported in Iraq. Unless there are a few more people there with Westhusing's "flaws" to see to it.