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 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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