Condoleezza Rice

Events (331)

• August 12-25, 1998: Suspect Claims ‘Extensive Network of Al-Qaeda Sleeper Agents’ Is Planning ‘Big Attack’ Inside US 1998-08-12
• September 2, 2000: CIA Officer Tells Bush that Americans Will Die in a Terrorist Attack and Shows Him a Mock Bomb to Highlight the Threat 2000-09-02
• 11:00 a.m. December 6, 2000: Bush Campaign Continues Transition Activities 2000-12-06
• January 3, 2001: Clarke Demoted by Rice and Future 9/11 Commission Executive Director 2001-01-03
• January 3, 2001: Richard Clarke Briefs Condoleezza Rice on Al-Qaeda Threat 2001-01-03
• January 10-25, 2001: Rice Rejects Resuming Use of Surveillance Drone to Track Bin Laden 2001-01-10
• After January 20, 2001: Counterterrorism Chief: Bush Tries to Impress Older White House Staffers 2001-01-20
• After January 20, 2001: George Tenet Accompanies Daily Morning CIA Briefer to Oval Office 2001-01-20
• January 21, 2001: Bush Administration Takes Over; Many Have Oil Industry Connections 2001-01-21
• January 25, 2001: Clarke Presents Plan to Roll Back Al-Qaeda, but Response Is Delayed 2001-01-25
• January 25, 2001-September 10, 2001: Counterterrorism ‘Tsar’ Clarke Unable to Talk to President Bush about Terrorism before 9/11 2001-01-25
• January 30, 2001: First National Security Council Meeting Focuses on Iraq and Israel, Not Terrorism 2001-01-30
• January 31, 2001: Bipartisan Commission Issues Final Report on Terrorism, but Conclusions Are Ignored 2001-01-31
• February 1, 2001: Rumsfeld Wants to Get Rid of Hussein in Iraq; Envisions Iraq After Hussein Is Gone 2001-02-01
• February 9, 2001: Navy Submarine Accidentally Sinks Japanese Fishing Boat; Civilians at Controls 2001-02-09
• February 13, 2001: Interagency Counterterrorism Communications Now Channeled Through National Security Adviser Rice 2001-02-13
• March 23, 2001: Rice Warned about Al-Qaeda Cells in US 2001-03-23
• May 29, 2001: Counterterrorism ‘Tsar’ Clarke Asks for More to Be Done to Stop Expected Al-Qaeda Attacks 2001-05-29
• May 30, 2001: CIA Leaders Warn Rice about Expected Al-Qaeda Attack 2001-05-30
• June 25, 2001: Richard Clarke Tells Condoleezza Rice that Pattern of Warnings Indicates an Upcoming Attack 2001-06-25
• June 28, 2001: Clarke Warns Rice That Threat Level Has Reached a Peak 2001-06-28
• June 28, 2001: CIA Director Tenet Warns National Security Adviser Rice of Imminent Al-Qaeda Attack 2001-06-28
• July 3, 2001: Rare Discussion Takes Place Between National Security Advisers on Terrorism 2001-07-03
• July 5, 2001: Bush Asks for Reports on Domestic Terror Threats 2001-07-05
• July 5, 2001: Counterterrorism ‘Tsar’ Clarke Warns Domestic Agencies of ‘Something Spectacular’ Planned by Al-Qaeda 2001-07-05
• Shortly After July 5, 2001: Warning from Urgent Meeting Is Not Shared within Domestic Agencies 2001-07-05
• July 6, 2001: Clarke Tells Rice to Warn Agencies to Prepare for 3 to 5 Simultaneous Attacks; No Apparent Response 2001-07-06
• July 10, 2001: CIA Director Gives Urgent Warning to White House of Imminent, Multiple, Simultaneous Al-Qaeda Attacks, Possibly Within US 2001-07-10
• July 11-17, 2001: Rumsfeld and Ashcroft Receive Urgent Al-Qaeda Warning Recently Given to White House 2001-07-11
• June 27-July 16, 2001: Counterterrorism Plan Delayed with More Deputies Meetings 2001-07-16
• July 20-22, 2001: During G8 Summit, Italian Military Prepare against Attack from the Sky 2001-07-20
• July 21, 2001: Rice Says US Should Withdraw from ABM Treaty 2001-07-21
• July 27, 2001: Clarke Says Immediate Threat Is Over but Attacks Still Going Forward 2001-07-27
• July 27, 2001: National Security Adviser Rice Briefed on Terrorist Threats, Advised to Keep Ready 2001-07-27
• August 6, 2001: Bush Misled on Number and Extent of FBI’s Bin Laden Investigations 2001-08-06
• August 6, 2001: President Bush Later Recalls His Reaction to ‘Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US’ Memo 2001-08-06
• August 6, 2001: Bush Receives Briefing Titled ‘Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US’ 2001-08-06
• September 4, 2001: Cabinet-Rank Advisers Discuss Terrorism, Approve Revised Version of Clarke’s Eight Month-Old-Plan 2001-09-04
• September 4, 2001: Counterterrorism ‘Tsar’ Clarke Memo: Imagine Hundreds of Dead Due to Government Inaction 2001-09-04
• September 4, 2001: Debate Heats Up Over Using Armed Predator Drone Against Bin Laden; Decision Again Delayed 2001-09-04
• September 6, 2001: US Considers More Favorable Policy Towards Palestinians; But Change Is Halted by 9/11 Attacks 2001-09-06
• September 6, 2001: Senator Hart Sees No Sense of Urgency from National Security Adviser Rice on Terrorism 2001-09-06
• September 9, 2001: Media Leak Leads to Investigation into Israeli Spying in US 2001-09-09
• January 20-September 10, 2001: Bush Administration Sees Rogue States with Missiles as Top Security Threat instead of Al-Qaeda 2001-09-10
• January-September 10, 2001: Bush Administration Slow to Develop New Policy Regarding Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Al-Qaeda 2001-09-10
• January 20-September 10, 2001: President Bush Briefed on Al-Qaeda over 40 Times 2001-09-10
• Early June-September 10, 2001: Armed Drone Ready to Hit Bin Laden, but Bureacratic Concerns Prevent Its Use 2001-09-10
• Between August 6 and September 11, 2001: No High-Level Meetings to Discuss ‘Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US’ Memo 2001-09-11
• Just Before September 11, 2001: Deputies Still Putting Final Touches on Three-Year Plan to Stop Al-Qaeda 2001-09-11
• September 11, 2001: Planned Speech on Threats by National Security Adviser Rice Contains No Mention of Al-Qaeda or Bin Laden 2001-09-11