Counter Terrorism Center
Events (28)
- December 4, 1998: CIA Director Issues Ineffective Declaration of War on Al-Qaeda 1998-12-04
- December 3, 1999: CIA Tells Top Administration Officials It Will Continue Renditions against Al-Qaeda 1999-12-03
- December 11, 1999: Watch List Importance Is Stressed but Procedures Are Not Followed 1999-12-11
- January 6-9, 2000: Top CIA and Clinton Cabinet Officials Repeatedly Briefed about Al-Qaeda Summit in Malaysia 2000-01-06
- January 10, 2000: NSA Receives CIA Report on Almihdhar, but Does Not Disseminate More Information about Him 2000-01-10
- After October 12, 2000: CIA Discusses Increased Support for Northern Alliance in Wake ofColeBombing 2000-10-12
- December 29, 2000: CIA Develops ‘Blue Sky’ Plan to Increase Support to Massoud, Strike Bin Laden 2000-12-29
- May 15, 2001: CIA Hides Al-Qaeda Malaysia Summit Information from FBI 2001-05-15
- July 13, 2001: CIA Manager Says Extra Person to Be Allocated to Malaysia Summit Re-evaluation, Unclear If this Happens 2001-07-13
- August 24, 2001: Frustrated Minnesota FBI Asks CIA for Help with Moussaoui Case 2001-08-24
- August 24, 2001: CIA Officer Detailed to FBI Asked to Help with Moussaoui Warrant 2001-08-24
- Shortly After September 17, 2001: CIA Starts Program to Assassinate or Capture Al-Qaeda Leaders 2001-09-17
- Before February 17, 2003: CIA Officers Argue over Rendition of Italy-Based Imam 2003-02-17
- June 23, 2009: CIA Director Informed of Assassination and Capture Program, Immediately Cancels It 2009-06-23
- 2000: CIA Stops Reviewing NSA Transcripts after Short Period of Time, Allegedly Due to ‘Resource Constraints’
- Shortly Before February 1996: CIA Already Aware of Term ‘Al-Qaeda’ as It Sets Up Bin Laden Unit
- May 2002: Latin American Specialist Appointed Head of CIA Counterterrorism
- October 1995: FBI Begins Investigating Bin Laden; CIA Already Monitoring Him
- Early 1998: CIA Ignores Ex-Agent’s Warning KSM Is ‘Going to Hijack Some Planes,’ Visiting Germany
- 1997-2001: CIA Counterterrorist Center Does Not Spend All Funds Allocated, Despite Complaining about Resource Shortages
- Between Mid-January and July 2000: CIA’s Counterterrorist Center Reorganized, Bin Laden Unit Placed in Larger Group
- Between Mid-December 2002 and June 2004: Inspector General Finds Pre-9/11 Bin Laden Analysis by CIA Inadequate
- Early January 2001: CIA Passes Photos of Hijackers Alhazmi and Almihdhar for Source to Identify
- February 1996: CIA Forms New Counterterrorism Bin Laden Unit
- Late 2005: CIA Closes Unit Hunting Bin Laden
- Late 2005: New CIA Push to Get Bin Laden Has Little Impact; Most Experienced Personnel Busy with Iraq War
- Between Mid-April and Mid-May 2002: CIA Psychologist Opposed to Torture Techniques Planned for Zubaida Leaves in Disgust
- Summer 1999: CIA Decides to Increase Ties with Northern Alliance, Decision Pushed through by Counterterrorist Center