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- Late 1995 and After: Spanish Intelligence Merely Watches Madrid Cell Commit Variety of Crimes to Raise Money for Al-Qaeda
- 1995-May 2000: Al-Qaeda Leader Connected to British Intelligence Lives Openly in Britain
- Late 1996: Effort to Get Nukes Makes Al-Qaeda Threat Clear
- Late 1996-Late September 2001: Britain Not Interested in Sudan’s Files on Al-Qaeda
- Late 1998: Taliban Stall Pipeline Negotiations to Keep Western Powers at Bay
- Late 1998-2000: US Administration Officials Seek Ground-Based Plan to Kill Bin Laden
- Late 1998: US Initiates New Effort to Stop Financing of Al-Qaeda, but to Little Effect
- Late 1998: Moles within Al-Qaeda Lead to Arrests of 20 of Bin Laden’s Closest Associates
- Late 1998: US Investigators Reassess Bin Laden’s Finances, Discover Saudi ‘Fundraising Machine’
- Late Summer 2001: US Intelligence Learns Al-Qaeda Is Considering Mounting Operations in the US
- Mid-August 2004: Analyst Says Pakistan, Not US, Outed Double Agent
- Mid-August 1998: Al-Qaeda Operative Tells FBI about Planned Yemen Attack
- Mid-October 2001: Al-Qaeda Offers to Arrange Television Interview of Osama bin Laden
- Mid-November 2001-Mid-December 2001: US-Allied Afghan Warlords Help Bin Laden Escape Tora Bora
- Mid-December 2007: Pakistani Militant Leaders Unify, Command about 40,000 Fighters
- Mid 1980s: MI6 Agent Gets to Know Future Al-Qaeda Leaders
- Mid-2002: Al-Qaeda Operatives with WMD Connections Interviewed but Remain Free in Sudan
- Mid-2004: Pakistani Army Deployment Forces Al-Qaeda to Slightly Move Their Safe Haven
- Mid-2007: Indian Intelligence Allegedly Warns US that Bin Laden Is Likely Hiding in Northwest Pakistan
- Mid-1994: Ramzi Yousef Works Closely with Al-Qaeda Leaders
- Before October 1993: Al-Qaeda Leaders Travel to Somalia from Monitored Base in Sudan
- April 2002 and After: Cabinet-Level Bush Officials Frequently Discuss and Approve Specific ‘Harsh’ Interrogation Techniques
- Spring-Summer 2000: Calls between 9/11 Hijacker in San Diego and Al-Qaeda Communications Hub Intercepted by NSA
- Spring 2000: Atta and Alshehhi Rent Rooms in Brooklyn and the Bronx
- Spring 2004: Conditions In Afghanistan Deteriorate
- Spring 2000: Saudi Suggestion to Track Bin Laden’s Stepmother in Planned Meeting with Him Is Rejected
- Spring 2001 or After: Captured Millennium Bomber Implicates Top London Imam Abu Hamza as Major Al-Qaeda Figure
- Spring 1993: ’Blind Sheikh’ Plot to Crash Airplane into US Embassy in Egypt
- Spring 1993: Second Group of US Militants Linked to Al-Kifah Charity Front Fight in Bosnia
- Spring 1998: Bin Laden’s Stepmother Visits Afghanistan
- Summer 2003: CIA Officials Obtain Permission from Rice to Use Harsh Interrogation Tactics on New Detainee
- Summer 2000: FBI Extracts Confession from Embassy Bombing Cell Member without Torture
- Summer 2001: FBI Neglects Chance to Infiltrate Al-Qaeda Training Camp
- Summer 2001: Bin Laden Speech Mentions 20 Martyrs in Upcoming Attack; Other Hints of Attack Spread Widely
- Summer 2001: Al-Qaeda Plot Described as Upcoming ‘Hiroshima’ on US Soil
- Summer 2001: FBI Tells Local Law Enforcement There Is No Credible Threat of Terrorism In the US
- Summer-Autumn 2006: Renewed US Effort to Find Bin Laden and Al-Zawahiri Frustrated by Pakistan Peace Deal with Militants
- Summer 2002: Arms Dealer Victor Bout Helps Taliban and Al-Qaeda Ship Gold to Sudan
- Summer 2003-2006: Al-Zarqawi Blamed for Nearly Every Major Bombing of Civilians in Iraq; but Evidence Is Doubtful
- Summer 1989: Ali Mohamed Uses His US Military Expertise to Train Muslim Radicals
- Autumn 1997: CIA Ignores Tip Linking Saudi Charity to Al-Qaeda Plot on US Embassy in Kenya
- Summer 1998: One of Bin Laden’s Four Holy War Goals Is to Bring Down US Airliners
- Winter 1999-March 2000: US Intelligence Installs Listening Posts in Afghanistan But Makes Little Use of Intelligence Gained
- Early 2006: Gonzales Misrepresents Standard for FISA Wiretap Warrants
- January-June 2004: OLC Head Goldsmith Battles Cheney Aide Over Detention of Terror Suspects
- Early 2002: Bush Signs Executive Order Allowing NSA to Spy on US Citizens; Spying Began Before 9/11
- June 2002: US Aware Up to 3,500 Al-Qaeda Linked Militants Are Hiding in Pakistan’s Tribal Region
- 1995: NSA Identifies and Monitors Telephones Used by bin Laden and al-Qaeda in Sudan
- January 2003: Bush Receives Intelligence Memo Saying Iraq ‘Unlikely’ to Attack US Unless Provoked
- August 2002: Former UN Inspector Says Allegations Iraqi Government Using Salman Pak to Train Terrorists Are False