Events (134)

• May 22, 1997: Spanish Intelligence Learns Madrid Cell Is Sending Recuits to Al-Qaeda Training Camps, Takes No Action 1997-05-22
• November 30, 1999: Jordan Thwarts Al-Qaeda Connected Millennium Plot 1999-11-30
• December 11, 1999: US Citizen, Alleged Mastermind of Jordanian Bomb Plot, Is Arrested but Never Charged 1999-12-11
• 1998-December 11, 1999: Key Al-Qaeda Operative Working with Zubaida Allegedly Monitored in Pakistan 1999-12-11
• April 19-20, 2001: Bush Warned ‘Bin Laden Planning Multiple Operations’ 2001-04-19
• May 29, 2001: Counterterrorism ‘Tsar’ Clarke Asks for More to Be Done to Stop Expected Al-Qaeda Attacks 2001-05-29
• May 30, 2001: FBI Is Warned of Major Al-Qaeda Operation in the US Involving Hijackings, Explosives, and/or New York City 2001-05-30
• May 30, 2001: CIA Leaders Warn Rice about Expected Al-Qaeda Attack 2001-05-30
• July 10, 2001: FBI Agent Sends Memo Warning that Unusual Number of Muslim Extremists Are Learning to Fly in Arizona 2001-07-10
• August 6, 2001: Bush Receives Briefing Titled ‘Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US’ 2001-08-06
• August 14, 2001: Atta’s Hamburg Associates Purchase Tickets to Pakistan 2001-08-14
• August 24, 2001: Foreign Intelligence Warns US of Al-Qaeda Plot to Attack within US 2001-08-24
• September 10, 2001: NSA Intercepts: ‘The Match Begins Tomorrow’ and ‘Tomorrow Is Zero Hour’ 2001-09-10
• September 12, 2001: CIA Briefing to President Bush Lays Out Evidence of Bin Laden Responsibility for Attacks 2001-09-12
• September 16, 2001 and After: Zubaida Continues Making Calls to US 2001-09-16
• October 8, 2001: US Still Monitoring Zubaida’s Phone Calls; Bosnian Plot Possibly Foiled 2001-10-08
• February-March 28, 2002: Intelligence Leads to Al-Qaeda Leader Abu Zubaida’s Location; Accounts Differ 2002-03-28
• March 28, 2002-Mid-2004: High-Ranking Al-Qaeda Detainees Subjected to Aggressive Interrogation Techniques 2002-03-28
• March 28, 2002: Alleged Member of Hamburg Al-Qaeda Cell Is Arrested with Abu Zubaida, Sent to Guantanamo 2002-03-28
• March 28, 2002: Al-Qaeda Leader Zubaida Is Captured 2002-03-28
• Shortly After March 28, 2002: US Investigators Fail to Trace Saudi-Al-Qaeda Financial Link; Saudis Lose Records 2002-03-28
• Shortly After March 28, 2002: US Intelligence Suspects Captured Al-Qaeda Leader Zubaida May Be Mentally Unstable and Overestimated 2002-03-28
• Shortly After March 28, 2002: Captured Al-Qaeda Leader Zubaida Is Interrogated by CIA Using Non-Torture Methods 2002-03-28
• Before March 28, 2002: ’Vast Majority’ of Al-Qaeda Leader’s Contacts Are Already under Surveillance 2002-03-28
• April 9, 2002: Bush Boasts of Zubaida’s Imprisonment 2002-04-09
• April 9, 2002 and After: Bush Administration Exaggerates the Value of Al-Qaeda Prisoner Zubaida for Political Gain 2002-04-09
• June 6, 2002: Bush Tells Nation Zubaida Is ‘Al-Qaeda’s Chief of Operations’ 2002-06-06
• July 13, 2002: Administration, CIA Lawyers Discuss Zubaida Interrogation Plans 2002-07-13
• July 17, 2002: Rice Authorizes CIA to Implement Interrogation Plan for Zubaida 2002-07-17
• July 22, 2002-February 20, 2003: Saudi Princes and Pakistani General Later Implicated in 9/11 Plot Die Mysteriously 2002-07-22
• July 24, 2002: Attorney General Approves Interrogation Plan for Zubaida 2002-07-24
• March 28-August 1, 2002: CIA Has No Clear Legal Guidelines for Interrogating Al-Qaeda Leader Zubaida and Other Detainees 2002-08-01
• August 1, 2002: OLC Chief Details Torture Techniques at CIA Request 2002-08-01
• September 10, 2002: 10 of Al-Qaeda’s 24 Pre-9/11 Leaders Said to Be Killed or Captured 2002-09-10
• October 14, 2002: Bush Mislabels Zubaida as One of Al-Qaeda’s ‘Top Three Leaders’ 2002-10-14
• December 4, 2002: Judge Says Padilla Has Right to See Lawyer; Government Challenges Ruling 2002-12-04
• Between March 2003 and June 25, 2003: Top Al-Qaeda Prisoners Deny Al-Qaeda-Iraq Link 2003-06-25
• January 23, 2004: Al-Qaeda Leader Captured in Iraq; He Becomes ‘Ghost Detainee’ 2004-01-23
• (2002-January 23, 2004): Pakistan Refuses to Arrest Al-Qaeda Leader Ghul, Who Is Linked to Militant Group Supported by ISI 2004-01-23
• April 16, 2004-June 25, 2004: Apparent Boston Al-Qaeda Cell Member Arrested on Minor Charges 2004-04-16
• 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
• June 22, 2004: Gonzales, Haynes Attempt to Blame Guantanamo Officials for Torture, Legal Justifications 2004-06-22
• September 2-3, 2006: US Temporarily Closes Secret CIA Prisons, Transfers Top Suspects to Guantanamo for Military Tribunals 2006-09-02
• September 6, 2006: Bush Admits Existence of Secret CIA Prisons, Announces Plans to Try Top Al-Qaeda Leaders in Military Tribunals 2006-09-06
• September 6, 2006: In Speech, Bush Makes Inaccurate Statements Concerning Value of Some Prisoner Interrogations 2006-09-06
• Shortly After September 6, 2006: Red Cross Interviews of Top Al-Qaeda Prisoners Indicate They Were Illegally Tortured by CIA 2006-09-06
• March 27, 2007: Abu Zubaida Denies Some Charges against Him, Complains of Torture 2007-03-27
• 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