For the past year, the Interactives Department at The New Yorker has been working alongside In the Dark on a remarkable visual exploration of what happened that day in Haditha. Sam Wolson, who co-directed the project, joins the podcast to talk about “Cleared by Fire.” 

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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 case against the squad leader, Frank Wuterich, finally goes to trial. 

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The audio of Frank Wuterich in this episode comes from the podcast “Murder in House Two,” by Michael Epstein.

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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Startling new information emerges from deep within the investigation files. Then the In the Dark team gets a big break. 

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Was it a face-off with insurgents or the murder of four innocent brothers? We investigate what happened in the final house the Marines entered that day. 

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Two conflicting stories about what happened that day emerge—one from the Marines involved in the killings, and another from a very different perspective. 
 
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We travel around the U.S. to find the Marines who were on the ground in Haditha on the day of the killings. 

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A trip to a Marine Corps archive reveals a clue about something that the U.S. military is keeping secret. 

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A man in Haditha, Iraq, has a request for the In the Dark team: Can you investigate how my family was killed? 

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