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- (2003): CIA Produces Video Containing Fake Osama bin Laden
- Autumn 1992: Ali Mohamed Trains Top Al-Qaeda Leadership in Afghanistan; Detained in Italy
- Autumn 2002: Taliban and Al-Qaeda Regrouping in Afghanistan
- Autumn 2004: US Misses Chance to Learn Secrets from Taliban’s Top Drug Kingpin
- Late Autumn 2001: Document Suggests Link between Al-Qaeda and Pakistani Nuclear Scientists
- Autumn 2006: Pakistan Releases 2,500 Suspected Islamist Militants
- Autumn 1992: Al-Qaeda Builds Operations in Bosnia to Attack Europe and US
- Autumn 1998: Rumors of Bin Laden Plot Involving Aircraft in New York and Washington Surface Again
- Autumn 1998: US Intelligence Aware of ‘Unholy Alliance’ between ISI, Taliban, and Al-Qaeda
- Between August 1992 and 1993: Bin Laden Sends Quarter of Million Dollars to US; CIA Is Monitoring His Banking Operations
- Early 2000: Treasury Department Blocked from Freezing Assets of Al-Qaeda Financiers in Saudi Arabia
- Early 2000-December 2001: Al-Zarqawi Operates Independent Militant Training Camp in Afghanistan
- Early 2001: Bush Staffers Less Concerned with Terrorism
- Early 2002 and After: US Cannot Cross Pakistan Border to Search for Al-Qaeda
- Early 2002: Troops and Equipment Redirected from Afghanistan to Iraq
- Early 2002-January 2003: Syrian Government Helps US with Al-Qaeda Intelligence until US Cuts Off Relationship Because of Iraq War Priority
- Early April 2000: Alhazmi Talks to 9/11 Facilitator in Dubai, Possibly Using Phone Monitored by NSA
- Early October-December 2001: US and Pakistan Do Little about Pakistani Nuclear Scientists Who Helped Al-Qaeda
- Early December 2003: 9/11 Commission Chair Kean Shocked to Discover Lack of Information in Presidential Daily Briefings
- Early 1998: CIA Ignores Warning that KSM Is Heading Al-Qaeda’s Terrorist Operations
- Early 2001: CIA Asset Tests Al-Qaeda Training Camp for Chemical Weapons
- Early 2002: CIA First Learns Alias of Trusted Bin Laden Courier Ahmed
- Early 2002: Padilla Suggests Detonating Nuclear Bomb inside US
- Early 2003: US Unable to Strike Al-Qaeda Target in Yemen because Resources Are Being Used for Iraq War
- Early 2004: CIA Lacks Resources to Monitor Al-Qaeda Haven in Pakistan, Due to Iraq War
- Early 2006: Architect of Iraq War Expresses Pride in Decision to Ignore Geneva Conventions in Interrogating Detainees
- February 1996: CIA Forms New Counterterrorism Bin Laden Unit
- Early 1997: CIA Unit Determines Bin Laden Is Serious Threat, But Cooperation Is Poor
- Early-Mid 1990s: Penetrated Militant Algerian Group GIA Lays Foundations for Al-Qaeda in Europe
- Fall 1999: Army Intelligence Program Begins Gathering Information on Al-Qaeda
- Fall and Winter 2002: Pentagon Sends Analysts to Networks, Press with Talking Points about Iraq War
- Late January 2001: Islamic Militants Converge at Beirut Conference
- Late January 2008: Spanish Criminal Case Reveals French Intelligence Had Informant in Al-Qaeda Safe Haven
- Late 2001: Counterterrorism Officials Frustrated at Lack of Intelligence Connecting Iraq and Al-Qaeda
- Late 2001: KSM Sheltered by Royal Family Members in Qatar
- Late 2001: Taliban’s Top Drug Kingpin Arrested by US Then Let Go
- Late 2002: CIA Recruits New High-Level Al-Qaeda Informant
- Late 2002: Bush Administration Secures Stringent Legislation to Secure Cargo Shipping; Fails to Fund It
- Late 2003: Al-Qaeda Mostly Stops Leaving Electronic Footprints
- Late August 2001: Al-Qaeda Hamburg Cell Member Goes to Pakistan, Possibly Tells KSM about Timing of 9/11 Attacks
- Late October 2009: Passport of Al-Qaeda Hamburg Cell Member Bahaji Found in Pakistan’s Tribal Region
- Late December 2001: Pakistan Allegedly Gives US Secret Permission to Get Bin Laden and Al-Zahawiri inside Pakistan
- Late 1990s: British Intelligence Does Not Stop Possible Future 7/7 Bombings Mastermind from Recruiting for Al-Qaeda in London
- (Late 1995): Al-Qaeda Leader Allowed to Live in Britain Despite Being Wanted for Attempting to Assassinate Egyptian President
- Late 2001-Spring 2002: European Intelligence Agencies Monitor Al-Qaeda Relocating in Pakistan
- Late 2001-Early 2002: Pakistani Militant Group Helps Al-Qeada Operatives Escape into Pakistan
- Late 2002-Late 2003: Al-Qaeda, Protected in Pakistan’s Tribal Region, Launches Border Attacks on US Forces in Afghanistan
- Late 2007: Secret US Plan to Facilitate Raids against Al-Qaeda in Pakistan Gets Bogged Down
- Late 1993-1994: US Investigators Discover Links Between WTC Bombing and Mujaheddin Fighting in Bosnian War
- Late 1993: Al-Qaeda Allegedly Attempts to Buy Enriched Uranium