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T. Christian Miller

Faulty Equipment, Lapsed Training, Repeated Warnings: How a Preventable Disaster Killed Six Marines

Marine commanders did not act on dozens of pleas for additional manpower, machinery and time. When a training exercise ended in death, leadership blamed the very men they had neglected.

Robert Faturechi, Megan Rose, T. Christian Miller ProPublica Dec 2019 40min Permalink

Collision Course

The Navy installed touch-screen steering systems to save money. Ten sailors paid with their lives.

T. Christian Miller, Megan Rose, Robert Faturechi, Agnes Chang ProPublica Dec 2019 25min Permalink

Best Article Crime

An Unbelievable Story of Rape

A woman is accused of lying about being raped. Years later and several states away, the story changed.

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Listen to T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong discuss this article, which is the basis for Netflix’s new show Unbelievable, on the Longform Podcast

T. Christian Miller, Ken Armstrong ProPublica, The Marshall Project Dec 2015 50min Permalink

World

Trump Keeps Talking About the Last Military Standoff With Iran — Here’s What Really Happened

“The Farsi Island mission was a gross failure, involving issues that have plagued the Navy in recent years: inadequate training, poor leadership, and a disinclination to heed the warnings of its men and women about the true extent of its vulnerabilities.”

Megan Rose, Robert Faturechi, T. Christian Miller ProPublica Jun 2019 30min Permalink

Best Article

Death and Valor on an American Warship Doomed by its Own Navy

An investigation into the crash of the USS Fitzgerald.

T. Christian Miller, Megan Rose, Robert Faturechi ProPublica Feb 2019 1h10min Permalink

Crime Politics

The Taking

How the federal government abused its power to seize property for a border fence.

T. Christian Miller, Kiah Collier, Julián Aguilar ProPublica, Texas Tribune Dec 2017 40min Permalink

Crime Sports

Upon Further Review

Darren Sharper was once an NFL star. He was also a serial rapist, one who law enforcement failed to stop.

Ryan Gabrielson, T. Christian Miller, Ramon Antonio Vargas, John Simerman ProPublica, The New Orleans Advocate Apr 2015 40min Permalink

World

Firestone and the Warlord

How a major American company helped bring Charles Taylor to power in Liberia.

T. Christian Miller, Jonathan Jones ProPublica Nov 2014 10min Permalink

Use Only as Directed

During the last decade, more than 1,500 Americans died after accidentally taking too much of a drug renowned for its safety: acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol.

Jeff Gerth, T. Christian Miller ProPublica Sep 2013 Permalink

Aftershock: The Blast That Shook Psycho Platoon

In January 2009, a U.S. platoon came under rocket attack in Iraq. Two years later, how the event changed the soldiers’ lives.

Daniel Zwerdling, T. Christian Miller ProPublica Mar 2011 40min Permalink