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Megan Rose

Staff Writer, ProPublica

Megan Rose, formerly Megan McCloskey, covers criminal justice for ProPublica. Previously she covered the military, investigating such issues as the billions of dollars wasted by the U.S. government in Afghanistan and how the Pentagon was failing in its efforts to find and identify missing service members from past wars.
Policy

Despite major reform to military justice system, Navy still leaves public in dark

The service is fighting a ProPublica lawsuit to make sexual-assault court proceedings public.

  • Megan Rose, ProPublica
Threats

Judge Finds Sailor Not Guilty in Fire That Destroyed $1.2B Warship

Even though a separate Navy review found that 34 people, including five admirals, contributed to or directly led to the loss of the USS Bonhomme Richard, Ryan Mays is the only person to have faced a court-martial.

  • Megan Rose, ProPublica
Threats

The US Navy Accused Him of Arson. Its Own Investigation Showed Widespread Safety Failures.

After the USS Bonhomme Richard fire, investigators found missing fire hoses, a broken sprinkler system and other systemic failures. The Navy is still accusing a sailor of arson, against the advice of a military judge.

  • Megan Rose, ProPublica
Threats

After Discovering a Sailor With Coronavirus, the US Navy Crowded Dozens Into One Space

The incident shows how hard it may be for the Navy to limit coronavirus spread aboard its ships.

  • Robert Faturechi, Megan Rose and T. Christian Miller
Threats

Iran Has Hundreds of Naval Mines. The US Has a Handful of Old Minesweepers

The Navy's minesweeping fleet may once again be called into action, but their sailors say the ships are too old and broken to do the job.

  • Robert Faturechi, Megan Rose and T. Christian Miller, ProPublica