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- 5:30 a.m., August 7, 1998: Bomber Arrested in Pakistan Four Hours before Embassy Bombings; US Officials Keep His Immediate Confession Secret for Over a Week 1998-08-07
- 10:35-10:39 a.m., August 7, 1998: Al-Qaeda Bombs US Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, Killing Over 200 1998-08-07
- August 7, 1998: Third African Embassy Bombing Is Aborted 1998-08-07
- August 19, 1998: CIA Learns Bin Laden’s Travel Plans before Missile Strike 1998-08-19
- August 20, 1998: Al-Zawahiri Denies Responsibility for Embassy Bombing 1998-08-20
- August 20, 1998: ISI Alerts Bin Laden and Taliban to US Missile Strike 1998-08-20
- August 20, 1998: US Fires on Al-Qaeda’s Afghan Training Camps, Sudanese Facility 1998-08-20
- August 20, 1998-1999: US Pressure on Persian Gulf Governments Fails to Impact Funding of Al-Qaeda 1998-08-20
- August 24, 1998: Ali Mohamed’s Apartment Searched in Wake of Embassy Bombings; He Is Linked to the Bombers but Is Not Arrested 1998-08-24
- August 27, 1998: Clarke’s Delenda Plan to Combat Al-Qaeda Is Prepared 1998-08-27
- August 20-September 2, 1998: US Not Interested in Two Apparent Embassy Bombers Held in Sudan; Pakistani ISI Lets Them Escape 1998-09-02
- Shortly After September 15, 1998: US Investigators Find Mention of ‘Joint Venture’ between Al-Qaeda and Texas Charity 1998-09-15
- Shortly After September 16, 1998: Captured Al-Qaeda Leader Is Linked to Al-Qaeda Hamburg Cell Member Zammar 1998-09-16
- 1995-September 16, 1998: Important Al-Qaeda Leader Makes Trips to Germany, Attends Hamburg Mosque Also Attended by 9/11 Hijackers 1998-09-16
- September 20, 1998: Important Al-Qaeda Leader Arrested in Germany 1998-09-20
- October 8, 1998: FAA Warns of Al-Qaeda Threat to US Civil Aviation 1998-10-08
- November 1, 1998-February 2001: Atta and Other Islamic Militants Are Monitored by US and Germany in Hamburg Apartment 1998-11-01
- December 1, 1998: Bin Laden Actively Planning Attacks Inside US 1998-12-01
- December 4, 1998: CIA Director Issues Ineffective Declaration of War on Al-Qaeda 1998-12-04
- December 4, 1998: Clinton Warned ‘Bin Laden Preparing to Hijack US Aircraft’ Inside US 1998-12-04
- August 4, 1999: FAA Considers Suicide Hijacking Possibility: Al-Qaeda Could Hijack Jet and ‘Slam It into a US Landmark’ 1999-08-04
- October 2, 1999: Egypt Releases List of Its Most Wanted Terrorists; Half Are Living in Britain 1999-10-02
- October 8, 1999: Al-Qaeda Declared Foreign Terrorist Organization 1999-10-08
- November 14, 1999: Limited UN Sanctions on Afghanistan 1999-11-14
- 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
- Shortly After December 11, 1999: Al-Qaeda Operative Based in California Allegedly Is Turned or Works as Mole for Jordanian Government 1999-12-11
- December 14, 1999: Al-Qaeda Operative Planning LA Airport Attack Is Arrested 1999-12-14
- December 15-31, 1999: US Intelligence Launches Worldwide Effort to Thwart Millennium Attack Plots 1999-12-15
- December 21, 1999: FBI Misses Chance to Discover Moussaoui’s Al-Qaeda Connections 1999-12-21
- December 24-31, 1999: Hijacked Flight Leads to Freeing of Future 9/11 Funder; ISI Allegedly Supports Hijacking 1999-12-24
- Shortly Before December 29, 1999: NSA Monitors 9/11 Hijackers Talking to Each Other about Upcoming Al-Qaeda Summit 1999-12-29
- December 29, 1999: Bin Laden’s ‘Procurement Agent’ Detained in Jordan, Said to Describe ‘Bin Laden’s US Operations’ 1999-12-29
- December 29, 1999: NSA Tells CIA about Planned Al-Qaeda Summit Involving Future Hijackers 1999-12-29
- December 31, 1999-January 1, 2000: Attacks Against US Targets Avoided through Alerts and Luck 1999-12-31
- January 1, 2000-September 11, 2001: Saeed Sheikh Lives Openly in Pakistan, Strengthens Ties with ISI 2000-01-01
- January 2-4, 2000: US Intelligence Loses Track of 9/11 Hijacker Alhazmi as He Travels to Malaysia 2000-01-02
- January 2-5, 2000: CIA Learns 9/11 Hijacker Almihdhar Has US Visa as He Is Tracked to Al-Qaeda Summit 2000-01-02
- January 3, 2000: Al-Qaeda Attack on USSThe SullivansFails; Remains Undiscovered 2000-01-03
- January 5-8, 2000: Al-Qaeda Summit in Malaysia Discusses 9/11 andColePlots; CIA Has Malaysians Monitor It 2000-01-05
- January 5, 2000: Malaysian Intelligence Only Videotapes First Day of Al-Qaeda Summit, 9/11 Hijackers Videotaped with Hambali 2000-01-05
- January 8, 2000: Al-Qaeda Summit Ends; CIA Still Fails to Add Attendees to Watch List 2000-01-08
- January 12, 2000: Iraqi Who Met 9/11 Hijacker in Malaysia Leaves Country 2000-01-12
- January 31, 2000: Richard Clarke’s Group Discusses Al-Qaeda Hijackings 2000-01-31
- February 2, 2000: CIA Director Tells Public that Bin Laden Is Planning ‘Further Blows Against America’ 2000-02-02
- February 6, 2000: Apparent Mossad Attempt to Infiltrate Al-Qaeda Thwarted 2000-02-06
- March 16, 2000: Report: Intelligence Agencies Are Not Acting to Stop Bin Laden’s Businesses and Charities 2000-03-16
- March 25, 2000: Clinton Visits Pakistan Despite Fears of ISI Ties to Al-Qaeda, Gives Warning to Pakistani President Musharraf 2000-03-25
- April 1, 2000: Raid Reveals Al-Qaeda Safe House in Kosovo, but US Takes No Action against Al-Qaeda Figure Linked to House 2000-04-01
- April 4, 2000: ISI Director Visits Washington and Is Told to Give Warning to Taliban 2000-04-04