Central Intelligence Agency

Events (1798)

• (After 10:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: CIA Establishes a Secure Line to the White House but Is Prevented from Getting the Latest Information from the NSA over It 2001-09-11
• (Before 10:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: CIA Headquarters Staff Assumes Flight 93 Is Headed towards Them 2001-09-11
• (10:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Counterterrorist Center Does Not Evacuate with Rest of CIA Headquarters 2001-09-11
• After 10:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA Liaison Refuses to Share the Passenger Lists for the Hijacked Planes with the CIA 2001-09-11
• (After 10:06 a.m.) September 11, 2001: CIA Receives Passenger Lists From Hijacked Planes After Initial Problems 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 10:32 a.m.) September 11, 2001: CIA’s Counterterrorist Center Director Is Unable to Provide Much Information about the Attacks 2001-09-11
• After 11:00 a.m. September 11, 2001: Investigators Refuse to Let a Manager at Dulles Airport Get Involved with Interviews of His Personnel 2001-09-11
• After 12:40 p.m. September 11, 2001: Investigators Ask Managers at Dulles Airport to Identify the Screeners Who Let the Hijackers onto Flight 77 2001-09-11
• (2:40 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Rumsfeld Is Told Al-Qaeda Was Behind 9/11 Attacks But Wants to Blame Iraq 2001-09-11
• (5:20 p.m.) September 11, 2001: CIA Briefer Tells President Bush about a Possible Second Wave of Attacks 2001-09-11
• 8:00 a.m.-9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: CIA Briefs Senior Officials on Terrorist Threat to US Telecommunications 2001-09-11
• (8:47 a.m.-9:36 a.m.) September 11, 2001: DIA Personnel at the Pentagon Respond to the Attacks in New York but Do Not Evacuate 2001-09-11
• (8:47 a.m.-9:05 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Government Agencies Do Not Contact Air Force One about First Crash at the WTC 2001-09-11
• (8:48 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Top CIA Officials Learn of First Attack on WTC 2001-09-11
• (8:50 a.m.) September 11, 2001: CIA Director Tenet Told of Attack, Immediately Suspects Bin Laden 2001-09-11
• (8:55 a.m.-9:15 a.m.) September 11, 2001: CIA Director Tenet in Communications Blackout as He Returns to CIA Headquarters; Recalls Bojinka Plot 2001-09-11
• Shortly Before 9:00 a.m. September 11, 2001: Bush’s CIA Briefer Calls His Operations Center and Learns the WTC Was Hit by a Large Plane 2001-09-11
• 9:00 a.m. September 11, 2001: 9/11-Styled Simulation Canceled 2001-09-11
• 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: CIA Near East Division Employees Think Bin Laden to Blame for Attacks 2001-09-11
• After 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: CIA Analysts Initially Think Hezbollah Is behind the Terrorist Attacks 2001-09-11
• Shortly After 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: CIA Counterterrorist Center Learns of at Least One More Plane Unaccounted for 2001-09-11
• After 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: CIA’s Deputy Director and New York Station Chief Conclude Bin Laden Behind Attack 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FBI Activates Its Operations Center to Respond to the Attacks 2001-09-11
• (Between 9:16 a.m. and 9:25 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Washington-Area Conference Call Convened by CIA, but Is of Little Benefit 2001-09-11
• 9:25 a.m. September 11, 2001: 9/11 Commission’s Conflicting Account of Clarke-Led Video Conference Begins at This Time 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 9:45 a.m.) September 11, 2001: White House Situation Room Personnel Refuse to Evacuate and Compile a List of Their Names in Case They Are Killed 2001-09-11
• (9:50 a.m.-10:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Reports of Unresponsive Aircraft Prompt Evacuation of CIA Headquarters 2001-09-11
• 1996-September 11, 2001: Enron Gives Taliban Millions in Bribes in Effort to Get Afghan Pipeline Built 2001-09-11
• After September 11, 2001: FBI Launches Internal Investigation into Pre-9/11 Failings 2001-09-11
• After September 11, 2001: CIA Officer Later Accused of Date Rape Returns to Agency, Deployed to Afghanistan 2001-09-11
• Shortly Before September 11, 2001: CIA Learns Pakistani Nuclear Scientists Are Helping Al-Qaeda, but Takes No Effective Action 2001-09-11
• Shortly Before September 11, 2001: CIA Learns Pakistani Charity Front Tried to Sell Nuclear Weapon to Libya, but Takes No Effective Action Against It 2001-09-11
• Before September 11, 2001: US Misses Chance to Capture High-ranking Al-Qaeda Figure Due to Delay by NSA 2001-09-11
• Before September 11, 2001: CIA Officer Later Accused of Rape Leaves Agency, Works in Financial Sector in New York 2001-09-11
• Shortly After September 11, 2001: CIA Manager Proposes ‘Hit Teams’ to Carry Out Assassinations in Middle East, Africa, and Europe 2001-09-11
• Summer 2000-September 11, 2001: Illegal FBI Activity Leads to Suspension of Surveillance of Al-Qaeda Suspects in US 2001-09-11
• September 12, 2001: Former CIA Bin Laden Unit Chief Returns, But Not Given Much to Do 2001-09-12
• Between September 12, 2001 and October 17, 2002: CIA Officer Gives Conflicting Accounts of His Conduct at Crucial Meeting with FBI 2001-09-12
• September 12, 2001: CIA Briefing to President Bush Lays Out Evidence of Bin Laden Responsibility for Attacks 2001-09-12
• September 13, 2001: CIA Presents President with Plan to Confront Global Terrorism; Claims Victory Can Be Achieved in Weeks 2001-09-13
• September 13, 2001: Company Head Possibly Aware of Todd Beamer Phone Call Before it is Made Public 2001-09-13
• September 14, 2001: Account of Fighter Response Times Changes Significantly 2001-09-14
• October 2000-September 14, 2001: US Interagency Terrorism Finance Tracking Center Slow to Get Started 2001-09-14
• September 15, 2001: CIA Director Presents Bush and his Cabinet with Extensive Plan for Combating Terrorism Worldwide 2001-09-15
• September 17, 2001: President Bush Authorizes Extensive New Powers and Funding for the CIA 2001-09-17
• September 17-18, 2001: CIA Connects Moussaoui to 9/11 Hijackers through Malaysia Summit Host 2001-09-17
• Shortly After September 17, 2001: US Creates List of ‘High-Value’ Targets Who Can Be Killed; List Is Continually Updated 2001-09-17
• Shortly After September 17, 2001: CIA Starts Program to Assassinate or Capture Al-Qaeda Leaders 2001-09-17
• September 19, 2001: First CIA Agents Heading to Afghanistan Are Told ‘Gloves Are Off’ and to Bring Back Bin Laden’s ‘Head in a Box’ 2001-09-19
• September 25, 2001: Congressman Gives Able Danger Chart to White House, Mention of Atta Is Uncertain 2001-09-25