Abd Al
Events (66)
- January 6, 1995: Pope Assassination and Bojinka Plot to Bomb Dozen Airplanes Is Foiled 1995-01-06
- April 1, 1995-Early 1996: Many Bojinka Plotters Arrested and Then Let Go 1995-04-01
- After August 7, 1998: Witness Tells FBI Al-Qaeda Operative Intends to Hit US Vessel in Aden 1998-08-07
- January 5-8, 2000: Al-Qaeda Summit in Malaysia Discusses 9/11 andColePlots; CIA Has Malaysians Monitor It 2000-01-05
- October 12, 2000: USS Cole Bombed by Al-Qaeda 2000-10-12
- Shortly After October 12, 2000: Mastermind of USSColeBombing Protected by Yemeni Government 2000-10-12
- Before October 12, 2000: Commander ofColeAttack Reportedly Meets Monitored Al-Qaeda Operative and Bin Al-Shibh 2000-10-12
- June 28, 2001: CIA Leaders Told Bin Laden Will Launch Spectacular Attack against US and/or Israeli Targets within Weeks 2001-06-28
- March 28, 2002-Mid-2004: High-Ranking Al-Qaeda Detainees Subjected to Aggressive Interrogation Techniques 2002-03-28
- September 10-11, 2002: Al-Qaeda Safe Houses Shut Down in Karachi, Pakistan 2002-09-10
- October 6, 2002: Al-Qaeda Attacks Oil Tanker 2002-10-06
- December 5, 2002: Al-Nashiri Renditioned from CIA Prison in Thailand to Polish Black Site 2002-12-05
- Between December 28, 2002 and January 1, 2003: CIA Official Intimidates Al-Nashiri with Handgun, Power Drill 2002-12-28
- September 11, 2003: Justice Department Decides Not to Prosecute CIA Officer Who Intimidated Al-Nashiri with Handgun, Power Drill 2003-09-11
- October 29, 2003: CIA Inspector General Issues Report on Use of Handgun, Power Drill to Intimidate Detainee 2003-10-29
- May 7, 2004: CIA Inspector General’s Report Concludes CIA Interrogation Techniques Likely Violate Treaty Against Torture; Cheney Prevents Report from Being Completed 2004-05-07
- August 3, 2006: US Finally Designates Saudi Charity Behind Bojinka Plot a Terrorism Financier 2006-08-03
- September 2-3, 2006: US Temporarily Closes Secret CIA Prisons, Transfers Top Suspects to Guantanamo for Military Tribunals 2006-09-02
- Shortly After September 6, 2006: Red Cross Interviews of Top Al-Qaeda Prisoners Indicate They Were Illegally Tortured by CIA 2006-09-06
- March 10-April 15, 2007: High Value Detainees Complain of Torture at Guantanamo Bay Hearings 2007-04-15
- March 9-April 28, 2007: Combat Status of High Value Detainees Is Reviewed in Guantanamo Prison 2007-04-28
- August 9, 2007: High Value Detainees Ruled Enemy Combatants, Significance Uncertain 2007-08-09
- September 13, 2007: MSNBC Runs Misleading Story about Waterboarding 2007-09-13
- January 2, 2008: Prosecutor Appointed to Investigate Destruction of CIA Tapes 2008-01-02
- January 2, 2008: Justice Department and CIA Inspector General Say Criminal Investigation Needed over Destruction of CIA Tapes 2008-01-02
- February 5, 2008: Intelligence Officials Admit US Waterboarded Three Detainees 2008-02-05
- May 4, 2008: All USSColeBombing Suspects in Yemen Remain Free 2008-05-04
- June 28, 2008: Justice Department’s Investigation of CIA’s Destruction of Torture Videotapes Is Proceeding Slowly 2008-06-28
- June 30, 2008: Al-Nashiri to Be Tried at Military Tribunal forColeBombing, Could Be Sentenced to Death 2008-06-30
- January 29, 2009: Military Judge Refuses to Suspend Legal Proceedings against Detainee 2009-01-29
- March 6, 2009: CIA Admits to Destroying 12 Videotapes of Prisoners Being Tortured 2009-03-06
- June 15, 2009: CIA Releases Redacted Statements from Guantanamo Detainees Alleging Torture 2009-06-15
- August 24, 2009: RNC: CIA Report Proves Efficacy of Torture 2009-08-24
- November 13, 2009: Administration Announces Five High-Value Detainees to Be Tried in Criminal Court, Five to Remain in Military Commissions 2009-11-13
- January 2003: Newly Arrived CIA Officers Report Use of Unauthorized Techniques to Headquarters
- November 2005: CIA Has Many Reasons Not to Destroy Videotapes of Detainee Interrogations
- April 2000: Yemen’s Interior Minister GivesColeBombers Safe Passage
- May 2002-2003: CIA Uses Controversial Waterboarding Technique on Several High-Ranking Al-Qaeda Detainees
- June 2001: CIA Hears Key Al-Qaeda Operatives Are Disappearing, Preparing for Suicide Attack
- June 2002: CIA Claims to Get Vital Intelligence from Torture of Zubaida, but Others Claim His Leads Are Mostly Vague and Useless
- June-July 2005: Judges Order Bush Administration Not to Destroy Evidence of Torture and Abuse of Detainees
- August-September 2000: Hijacker Associate Bin Al-Shibh Spends Four Weeks in Yemen; Possibly Visits Monitored Yemen Hub
- August 22-25 1998: Embassy Bomber Identifies Photo of Al-Qaeda Leader
- Early October 2001: Former Prime Minister of Yemen Says 9/11 Hijacker Was Involved in Attacks on USS Cole
- (November 2002): Detained Al-Qaeda Leader Transferred from United Arab Emirates to Salt Pit Prison
- (Mid-Late November 2002): Detained Al-Qaeda Leader Transferred from Salt Pit Prison to Black Site in Thailand
- November 2005: CIA Destroys Videotapes of Detainees’ Interrogations without Advance Notification
- November 2005: Top Captured Militants in Secret CIA Prisons Moved From Poland to Mauritania
- Early October 2002: Al-Qaeda Leader Al-Nashiri Arrested in UAE
- Shortly After Early October 2002: Al-Qaeda Leader Al-Nashiri Is Waterboarded in Secret CIA Prison