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- April, June, or August 2002: Al Jazeera Reporter Claims to Conduct Interview with 9/11 Masterminds
- April 2005: British Intelligence Concludes British Involvement in Iraq War Will Increase Threat of Terrorism in Britain ‘For Many Years to Come’
- (April 2005): British-Pakistani Militant Allegedly Becomes Head of Al-Qaeda’s European Operations
- April - June 2002: Zubaida Interrogated, Tortured by CIA Interrogators in Thailand Prison
- April 2006: US Intelligence Community Concludes the Number of Islamist Militants Is Increasing Worldwide
- (April 25-May 1989): US Holds Secret Meetings with Egyptian Terror Group Headed by ‘Blind Sheikh’
- April 29 - Mid-May, 2003: Al-Qaeda Suspect Tortured in US Custody
- April 1993-Mid-2003: FBI Slow to Act as Main Branch of Al-Qaeda’s ‘Operational Headquarters’ in US Reforms in Boston
- April 1996: US Aware of Al-Qaeda Cell in Kenya, Begins Monitoring It
- Late April 1996: US Monitors Al-Qaeda Canceling Singapore Plot
- April 1999: Kosovo Militants Being Funded by Al-Qaeda and Drugs from Afghanistan
- 2004: CIA Program to Assassinate and Capture Al-Qaeda Leaders Terminated, then Revived and Outsourced to Blackwater
- 2004: CIA Concludes Illegal Drug Profits Going to Islamic Militant Groups and Afghan Warlords
- May-June 2000: Army Officer Told to Destroy Able Danger Documents
- May 2000: CIA Details Al-Qaeda Using Honey Trade to Move Drugs and Weapons, but No Action Taken Until After 9/11
- May 2000: CIA and FBI Again Reject Sudan’s Offer to Provide Al-Qaeda Files
- May 2000: FBI Suspect Al-Qaeda Is Infiltrating US after Training Manual Is Discovered
- May 2001: Report Warns of Al-Qaeda Infiltration from Canada
- May 2001: CIA Learns Bin Laden Associates Are Heading to US, Preparing for Martyrdom
- May 2001: ABC Fails to Report al-Qaeda Plan to Hijack Plane, after Pressure from Unknown Intelligence Agency
- May-July 2001: No Cabinet Level Meetings on Terrorism Despite New Warnings
- May 2001: US Military Drafts Scenario for Afghan Operation
- May-June 2001: New Muslim Convert Inadvertently Learns of 9/11 Plot Involving 50 Operatives, with Five Suicide Attacks Coming Soon, 15 More Later
- May 2001: Clinton Impeachment Lawyer Learns About Al-Qaeda Manhattan Attack Warning
- Mid-April-May 2002: FBI Is Appalled by CIA Interrogation of Zubaida; Withdraws Its Personnel
- May-Early June 2002: US Filmmaker Sees Hundreds of Taliban and Al-Qaeda Living Openly in Pakistan
- Late May 2002: Pakistani Army Finally Makes Limited Move into Border Region Where Al-Qaeda Is Regrouping
- Mid-May 2003: US Rejects Al-Qaeda-MEK Prisoner Exchange with Iran
- May 2005: Al-Qaeda Military Chief Claims Al-Qaeda and Al-Zarqawi Intentionally Drew US into Iraq; Denies Links to Iraqi Government
- May 22 to August 2000: Al-Qaeda Hamburg Cell Member El Motassadeq Attends Afghan Training Camp
- May 1996: Saudis and Al-Qaeda Allegedly Strike a Secret Deal
- May 1996: Al-Qaeda Begins Using Vital Communications Hub in Yemen
- May 1998: US Intelligence Resumes Monitoring Al-Qaeda Cell in Kenya
- June 2000: CIA Director Tenet Visits Pakistan, Complains about Islamic Charities’ Ties to Bin Laden
- June 2001: US Intelligence Warns of Spectacular Attacks by Al-Qaeda Associates
- Summer 2001: CENTCOM Commander Franks Is Concerned that Al-Qaeda Will Use Planes to Attack Western Facilities
- June 2001: US Still Fails to Aid Taliban Resistance
- June 2001: Al-Qaeda and Islamic Jihad Complete Merger
- Early June 2001: Counterterrorism Plan Circulated, but Contingency Plans Are Not Created
- June 2002: Zubaida Subjected to Intensive Interrogations by CIA Agents
- Early June 2004: 9/11 Commission’s Zelikow Accepts Lack of Connections between Iraq and Al-Qaeda
- 1996: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia Said to Make Secret Deals with Taliban and Al-Qaeda
- June 1993-October 1994: 9/11 Funder Saeed Sheikh Links with Al-Qaeda
- June 1995-Early 1999: Boston Al-Qaeda Sleeper Cell Emerges
- June 1996-April 1997: Highly Trusted Informant Exposes Al-Qaeda Secrets to US
- June 1996: Informant’s Clues Point to KSM
- June 1999: US Fails to Get Saudis to Act Against Al-Qaeda Financiers
- July 2000: Potential Informant Ignored by Australian and US Authorities
- Late July 2001: Argentina Relays Warning to the US
- Late July 2001: Egypt Warns CIA of 20 Al-Qaeda Operatives in US; Four Training to Fly; CIA Is Not Interested