My new piece for The Nation:

Earlier this week, Adam Hermanson returned home from Iraq, where he worked as a contractor for Triple Canopy, on a flight to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. His body was in a coffin. Hermanson was not killed by enemy fire or an improvised explosive device or even by “friendly fire.” In fact, he died in what is considered to be the safest place in Iraq for Americans—the heavily fortified Green Zone. His body, according to his family, was discovered on the floor of a shower near his quarters at Camp Olympia. It appears that Hermanson was electrocuted. READ THE FULL STORY HERE.