Condoleezza Rice

Events (331)

• (Between 10:00 a.m. and 10:15 a.m.) September 11, 2001: President Bush and Vice President Cheney Said to Confer on Shootdown Orders; 9/11 Commission Later Doubts Their Account 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 10:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: National Security Adviser Rice Has Diplomatic Cable Sent Out Stating that US Government Is Still Functioning 2001-09-11
• (After 10:15 a.m.) September 11, 2001: National Security Adviser Rice and Transportation Secretary Mineta Track Unidentified Aircraft from White House Bunker 2001-09-11
• (10:25 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Staff in White House Bunker Learns of Flight 93 Crash; Vice President Cheney Already Thinks an ‘Act of Heroism’ Occurred 2001-09-11
• (Between 10:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Condoleezza Rice Speaks to British Ambassador; Wonders If Iraq Involved in 9/11 2001-09-11
• (10:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: White House Receives Phone Call in Which Caller Threatens Air Force One 2001-09-11
• Between 10:32 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. September 11, 2001: Russian President Calls the White House 2001-09-11
• (10:45 a.m.) September 11, 2001: President Bush Heads for Louisiana on Air Force One, Following Warning from Cheney and Rice 2001-09-11
• 11:08 p.m. September 11, 2001: False Alarm Over Unidentified Plane Leads to Temporary Evacuation of President Bush to White House Bunker 2001-09-11
• (12:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Attorney General Ashcroft’s Plane Lands in Washington 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 12:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Pentagon Finally Informs White House that Flight 93 Was Not Shot Down 2001-09-11
• (Shortly Before 12:30 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Richard Clarke Heads to White House Bunker; Told that Vice President Cheney Keeps Hanging up Clarke Telephone, and Cheney’s Wife is Interfering 2001-09-11
• (Between 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Non-Essential Staff Removed from White House Bunker 2001-09-11
• (3:15 p.m.) September 11, 2001: President Bush Meets with Top Officials via Video Conference Call 2001-09-11
• 6:00 a.m. September 11, 2001: Condoleezza Rice at White House Instead of in Florida with President Bush 2001-09-11
• 6:30 p.m. September 11, 2001: First Lady Driven to White House by Secret Service Agents, Taken to Underground Command Center 2001-09-11
• Shortly After 8:00 a.m. September 11, 2001: President Bush Receives Daily Intelligence Briefing 2001-09-11
• (8:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Some US Leaders Are Scattered; Others in D.C. 2001-09-11
• (Between 8:46 a.m. and 9:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Key Administration Officials Allegedly Think First Crash Is an Accident 2001-09-11
• Shortly After 8:46 a.m. September 11, 2001: National Security Adviser Rice Learns of First Crash at WTC, Thinks It Is an Accident 2001-09-11
• (8:50 a.m.-9:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Vice President Cheney’s Military Aide Learns of the First Crash, Goes to Cheney’s Office 2001-09-11
• (8:55 a.m.) September 11, 2001: President Bush Chats with Greeting Committee Instead of Taking Urgent Call from Rice 2001-09-11
• (9:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: President Bush Meets with Advisers, Declares War Without Barriers 2001-09-11
• (9:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Condoleezza Rice Informs President Bush Flight 11 Has Hit the WTC, but Knows Nothing Else 2001-09-11
• (9:03 a.m.-9:05 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Deputy White House Chief of Staff Learns of Second Crash at WTC and Goes to Tell National Security Adviser Rice about It 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: White House Officials Reportedly Converge on Vice President Cheney’s Office, but Accounts Conflict 2001-09-11
• (9:04 a.m.) September 11, 2001: National Security Adviser Rice Learns of Second Attack, Realizes It Is Terrorism 2001-09-11
• (9:05 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Clarke, Cheney, and Rice Talk; Clarke Concludes that Al-Qaeda Is behind Attacks 2001-09-11
• (9:05 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Condoleezza Rice Tries to Assemble National Security Team, but Cannot Reach Key Officials 2001-09-11
• (9:10 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Richard Clarke Directs Crisis Response through Video Conference with Top Officials 2001-09-11
• (9:15 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Richard Clarke Takes Charge of Video Conference; Condoleezza Rice Says She Is Heading to PEOC 2001-09-11
• (9:16 a.m.-9:29 a.m.) September 11, 2001: President Bush Works on Speech with Staff; Makes No Decisions 2001-09-11
• (After 9:40 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Officials at White House Bothered by TV and Video Conference Technical Problems 2001-09-11
• (9:45 a.m.) September 11, 2001: On Orders of Secret Service, Condleezza Rice Heads to White House Bunker 2001-09-11
• (Between 9:45 a.m. and 9:58 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Condoleezza Rice Calls President Bush, Tells Him Not to Return to Washington 2001-09-11
• (9:54 a.m.-2:50 p.m.) September 11, 2001: President Bush Has Problems Communicating with Washington while He Is on Air Force One 2001-09-11
• 9:59 a.m. September 11, 2001: Vice President Cheney Appears Unemotional as South Tower Collapses 2001-09-11
• (Shortly Before 9:59 a.m.) September 11, 2001: National Security Adviser Rice Enters White House Bunker and Calls Relatives; Exact Time Unclear 2001-09-11
• Early 2001-September 11, 2001: Bush Administration Loses Interest in Apprehending Taliban-Linked Arms Dealer Victor Bout 2001-09-11
• September 12, 2001: CIA Briefing to President Bush Lays Out Evidence of Bin Laden Responsibility for Attacks 2001-09-12
• September 12, 2001: Bush to Clarke: ‘Look into Iraq’ 2001-09-12
• September 13, 2001: Bush and Saudi Ambassador Discuss Evacuating Saudis and Terrorist Renditions 2001-09-13
• September 15, 2001: Wolfowitz Suggests Striking Iraq Immediately; Bush Decides to Focus on Afghanistan First 2001-09-15
• September 16, 2001: Bush Tells Rice, ‘We Won’t Do Iraq Now, but It’s a Question We Will Return To’ 2001-09-16
• September 17, 2001: US Special Forces Presentation Meant for President Bush Suggests Poisoning Afghanistan Food Supply 2001-09-17
• September 18, 2001: Clarke’s Report to Bush Finds No Link between Iraqi Government and Al-Qaeda or 9/11 Attacks 2001-09-18
• September 19, 2001-September 2002: Members of the Bush Administration Describe 9/11 as ‘Opportunity’ 2001-09-19
• September 20, 2001: Bush to Blair: After Afghanistan, ‘We Must Come Back to Iraq’ 2001-09-20
• September 25, 2001: OLC Lawyer Yoo Authorizes Warrantless Surveillance of Communications Entering and Departing US 2001-09-25
• September 28, 2001: Bush Tells His Advisers Iraq ‘Probably Was Behind’ 9/11; Wants to Use Afghanistan War as Warning to Other Countries 2001-09-28