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What Happened on 12 July 2007
The morning of the airstrike set out in order: who was in the district, why the helicopters were there, and how forty minutes went the way …
Why Nobody Was Prosecuted Over the Airstrike
Two people went to prison in connection with this video and neither was in the helicopter. The reasons are structural rather than sinister,…
How WikiLeaks Decrypted and Released the Video
Between receiving an encrypted file and holding a press conference, a small group spent months decrypting it, checking it and sending peopl…
Namir Noor-Eldeen: The Photographer Who Was 22
By 22 he was one of the most-used photographers Reuters had in Iraq. He went out to cover fighting in his own city and never came back.
The Impact of the Iraq War on Civilians: Statistics and Stories
Displacement, infrastructure, medicine, schooling and grief. The casualty figures are the part of civilian impact that is easiest to count …
How Collateral Murder Influenced Digital Transparency and Government Secrecy
The release pushed hard on the door of government secrecy. The door held, but the shape of the argument about it changed permanently.
Human Rights Organizations and Their Response to Collateral Murder
The major human rights and press-freedom bodies all reacted to the footage. What they asked for, what they got, and why their response ende…
Bradley (Chelsea) Manning: The Whistleblower Behind the Leak
A 22-year-old intelligence analyst at a base east of Baghdad found the video on a military network and decided the public should see it. Ev…
The Ethics of Leaking Classified Military Footage
Not a legal question, an ethical one. When is it right to publish something a government has classified, and what test would tell you?
How the Iraq War Changed Modern Warfare: Lessons Learned
Not the tactics people expect. The lasting changes were about recording, watching and explaining, and this airstrike sits at the centre of …