Killing oneself in protest...

Alyssa Peterson

...died on Sept. 15, 2003, from a “non-hostile weapons discharge.”

She was an Arabic-speaking interrogator serving in Military Intelligence. So what are "non-hostile weapons discharges?"

“Peterson objected to the interrogation techniques used on prisoners. She refused to participate after only two nights working in the unit known as the cage. Army spokespersons for her unit have refused to describe the interrogation techniques Alyssa objected to. They say all records of those techniques have now been destroyed. ...".
She was was then assigned to the base gate, where she monitored Iraqi guards, and sent to suicide prevention training. “But on the night of September 15th, 2003, Army investigators concluded she shot and killed herself with her service rifle,” the documents disclose.
The Army talked to some of Peterson's colleagues. Asked to summarize their comments, Elston told E&P: "The reactions to the suicide were that she was having a difficult time separating her personal feelings from her professional duties. That was the consistent point in the testimonies, that she objected to the interrogation techniques, without describing what those techniques were."
Elston said that the documents also refer to a suicide note found on her body, which suggested that she found it ironic that suicide prevention training had taught her how to commit suicide. He has now filed another FOIA request for a copy of the actual note.

This is the grim reality of war...the grim reality of torture. And yet the regime still justifies waterboarding, still does not own up to the Abu Ghraib events. What are they saying about Peterson? A troubled person? Delusion?
How about stopping what drove her to the ultimate end.