Central Intelligence Agency
Events (1798)
- 1989-January 1993: Hamas Trains and Fundraises in US
- 1989 and After: CIA Supposedly Supports Muslim Charity Tied to Bin Laden
- 1989-2001: CIA Contractor Trains Al-Qaeda and Related Organizations
- Early September 2001: CIA Assets Penetrated Al-Qaeda Training Camps by This Time
- 1990: Later Defender of Waterboarding Joins CIA
- 1991-1992: CIA Contractor Drafts Plan to Assassinate Bin Laden, but It Is Not Implemented
- 1991-1992: CIA Penetrates Bank Frequently Used by Bin Laden
- 1992: Al-Qaeda Allegedly Plans Bomb Attack Inside US
- 1992: Last Edition of Guide to Terrorist Passports for US Officials Published
- 1992-1996: Bin Laden Attacks US Interests Using Sudanese Base
- 1993: CIA Declares Bin Laden Significant Financial Backer of Islamic Militants
- 1993: Darkazanli Gives CIA First Hint of Hamburg Cell
- 1994: US Declines to Accept Documents Exposing Saudi Ties to Islamic Militants and Pakistan’s Nuclear Program
- October 1995: CIA Learns KSM’s Exact Location in Qatar but No Action Is Taken
- 1995 or Before: Islamist Extremists Obtain CIA Guide to their Passports
- Summer 1995: CIA Designs Program to Abduct Islamist Militants and Send them to Egypt
- January 1996: CIA Report Exposes Militant Charity Fronts in Bosnia; Ties to Saudi Arabia and Other Governments Discovered
- Early 1990s: US Intelligence Monitoring Bin Laden in Sudan
- 1997-2001: CIA Counterterrorist Center Does Not Spend All Funds Allocated, Despite Complaining about Resource Shortages
- 1997: CIA Deems Saudi Intelligence ‘Hostile Service’ Regarding Al-Qaeda
- 1997 or After: Responsibility for KSM Transferred to Renditions Branch at CIA
- Summer 2000: Former CIA Informer Moves to Milan to Live with Key Al-Qaeda Operative
- 1997: Moussaoui Travels to Azerbaijan, Meets CIA Asset There
- 1997: CIA Re-opens Afghanistan Operations
- 1997: CIA Establishes Renditions Branch, Helps with Up to 70 Renditions Before 9/11
- 1997: US Detects North Korean Interest in Uranium Enrichment, Links to A. Q. Khan Network
- 1998: US Intelligence Starts Investigating Al-Qaeda-Linked Charity in US, After Knowing of Its Militant Ties for Years
- 1998: US Begins to Protest about Pakistani Nuclear Proliferation, A. Q. Khan Not Mentioned at CIA’s Request
- 1998 and Before: CIA Funds Egyptian Counterterrorism Hit Squad, but Gets ‘Nervous’ and Eventually Closes Program
- 1998 and After: CIA Instigates Co-operation with Uzbekistan against Taliban and Al-Qaeda
- 1999: CIA Builds Network of Informants throughout Afghanistan, Central Asia
- 1999-2001: Clinton Awards Victimized Former Analyst $1 Million in Compensation, but He Never Receives It
- 1999: Egyptian Trial Cripples Islamic Jihad and Exposes Its Links to Al-Qaeda
- 1999: CIA Launches Operation to Track Militants Passing through Dubai Airport
- (Late 1999): New York Terrorism Task Force Predicts 9/11-Style Attack on the World Trade Center
- 1999: Neighbors Report Suspicious Activities to CIA; No Apparent Response
- 1999: Joint CIA-NSA Project Taps into Al-Qaeda’s Tactical Radios
- 1999: CIA Appoints New Station Chief in Amman
- 1999: 9/11 Funder Offered Deal to Turn Informant
- 1999: Germany Gives CIA Intelligence about Hamburg Al-Qaeda Cell Member Zammar
- (After January 2005): Former CIA Baghdad Chief Brags about Mistreating Detainees, Investigation Finds He Is Exaggerating
- After July 1997: CIA Obtains Domestic Call and Financial Information to Support ‘Black Ops’
- After September 2003: CIA Officer Later Accused of Rape Appointed to Senior Position at CIA Station in Egypt
- After November 2005: CIA Legal Office Reviews Videotapes’ Destruction, Conclusion Unknown
- After December 1996: After CIA Obtains Half of Bin Laden’s Calls Itself, NSA Still Refuses to Provide Other Half
- After December 1996: CIA Builds Own Listening Post to Obtain Half of Intelligence NSA Already Has, but Refuses to Share
- Before 2006: CIA Penetrates Airlines and Sky Marshals’ Service
- After Mid-April 1986: CIA Allegedly Sets Up Fake Bomb Plot to Influence European Opinion
- After Mid-December 2002: CIA Official Says Al-Nashiri Is Withholding Information during Interrogation, Hooding and Shackling Begin Again
- (2003): CIA Produces Video Containing Fake Osama bin Laden