"He went to Iraq to do work he was unqualified for, and there is no evidence he did any work"
That is some what contradicted by: "His business prospects had improved. He now hoped to get work helping to build and repair radio and television towers for the Iraqi Media Network, a U.S.-funded organization that is intended to become the country's public broadcasting service. The network, which broadcasts under the channel name al-Iraqiya, had hired a primary contractor and two subcontractors to carry out the work.
Berg met with representatives of Al-Fawares, one of the subcontractors, and showed them his photographs. They were impressed by his level of knowledge. "We nicknamed him 'Nick the Tower Man' because he was familiar with all the towers," said Amer Mardam-Bey, an American project manager for Al-Fawares. "He was a unique individual, in the sense that he appeared to live for climbing towers and knew anything and everything having to deal with towers."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25401-2004May13_2.html
After reading the article, I still have most of the same questions. He disreguarded his security, went around by himself to the dismay of his Iraqi partner, and looked like a marine in civies.
They weren't getting much work. He went home once when he was not finding work. But he went back? Using what for money?
The best thing that happened to him was getting arrested, and offered a ride home. He refused. He seems very similar to those "Human Shields" we all have so much respect for. Except he actually paid the price.
DK