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Illustration of a man wearing a suit standing in the wreckage of a home.
Long-form investigative journalism, hosted by Madeleine Baran.

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Turning a Blind Eye to War Crimes

A second Trump Administration could give impunity to American soldiers who commit atrocities.
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Bonus: Your Season 3 Questions, Answered

Was it scary to knock on all those Marines’ doors? What was it like to report in Iraq? Is it still possible for any Marines to face consequences for what happened in Haditha? The In the Dark team sits down to answer your questions.
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Cleared by Fire

What happened that day in Haditha?
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Season 3 Bonus: “Cleared by Fire”

The New Yorker’s Sam Wolson, who co-directed a visual exploration of what happened that day in Haditha, joins the podcast to talk about the project.
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Episode 9: Patient #8

For years, we’d thought what everyone thought: that there were twenty-four civilians killed by Marines in Haditha on November 19, 2005. But maybe everyone was wrong.
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The War Crimes That the Military Buried

The largest known database of possible American war crimes committed in Iraq and Afghanistan shows that the military-justice system rarely punishes perpetrators.
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Season 3

The New Yorker investigative podcast examines the killings of twenty-four civilians in Haditha, Iraq, and asks why no one was held accountable for the crime.
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Episode 8: On Trial

The case against the squad leader, Frank Wuterich, finally goes to trial.
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Episode 7: Innocent in My Eyes

The conflicting narratives about what happened in Haditha make their way through the opaque inner workings of the military justice system, until they reach a top commander who decides which story to believe.
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The Haditha Massacre Photos That the Military Didn’t Want the World to See 

When U.S. Marines killed twenty-four people in an Iraqi town, they also recorded the aftermath of their actions. For years, the military tried to keep these photos from the public.