Donald Rumsfeld

Events (458)

• Between 9:38 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. September 11, 2001: Rumsfeld Spends Brief Time at Pentagon Crash Scene and Helps Carry a Stretcher; Accounts Conflict over Details 2001-09-11
• Shortly Before 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Helicopter Is Seen Flying outside Defense Secretary Rumsfeld’s Office 2001-09-11
• (Before 9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Rumsfeld Said to Make Eerie Predictions, but Witness Who Gives Account Is Long Gone 2001-09-11
• 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Feels Pentagon Shake When It Is Hit, Allegedly Thinks Bomb Has Gone Off 2001-09-11
• After 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Deputy Defense Secretary Wolfowitz Leaves the Pentagon but Then Returns and Goes to the Command Center 2001-09-11
• (Between 9:38 a.m. and 9:45 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Clarke Orders Combat Air Patrols over All Major Cities; Unclear Whether Order Is Passed On 2001-09-11
• 9:38 a.m. September 11, 2001: Rumsfeld Dashes toward Crash Site Seconds after Pentagon Is Hit 2001-09-11
• (9:38 a.m.-10:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Senior Officials Unable to Contact Defense Secretary Rumsfeld 2001-09-11
• 9:39 a.m. September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Is Wanted at Pentagon Teleconference but Cannot Be Reached 2001-09-11
• 9:46 a.m. September 11, 2001: NMCC Teleconference Still Looking to Include Rumsfeld and Myers 2001-09-11
• 9:53 p.m. September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld’s Assistant Notes that Three 9/11 Hijackers Were Followed by CIA since 2000 2001-09-11
• 9:53 a.m. September 11, 2001: NSA Intercepts Al-Qaeda Phone Call Predicting Fourth Attack 2001-09-11
• 10:00 p.m. September 11, 2001: Bush Looks Beyond Attacking Just Al-Qaeda; Rumsfeld Sees 9/11 Attacks as Opportunity to Attack Iraq 2001-09-11
• Shortly After September 11, 2001: Pentagon Officials Wolfowitz and Feith Set Up Counter Terrorism Evaluation Group 2001-09-11
• September 12, 2001: Top Bush Officials Privately Decide to Focus on Al-Qaeda First, then Alleged State Sponsors of Terrorism like Iraq 2001-09-12
• 6:00 p.m. September 12, 2001: Bush Tells Pentagon Audience that US Is at War; Urges Broad Military Response 2001-09-12
• September 12, 2001: Sen. Orrin Hatch Reveals Bin Laden Aides Were Monitored Celebrating Success of 9/11 Attacks 2001-09-12
• September 12, 2001: Bush Meeting Raises Iraq Attack Possibility 2001-09-12
• September 13, 2001: Televangelists Blame Gays, Abortionists, Civil Liberties Groups for 9/11 2001-09-13
• September 15, 2001: CIA Director Presents Bush and his Cabinet with Extensive Plan for Combating Terrorism Worldwide 2001-09-15
• September 15, 2001: Wolfowitz Suggests Striking Iraq Immediately; Bush Decides to Focus on Afghanistan First 2001-09-15
• September 17, 2001: US Special Forces Presentation Meant for President Bush Suggests Poisoning Afghanistan Food Supply 2001-09-17
• September 17, 2001: Wolfowitz Sends Memo to Rumsfeld Suggesting Saddam Hussein Had a Role in 9/11 2001-09-17
• September 18, 2001-April 2007: Claims of an Atta-Iraqi Spy Meeting Are Repeatedly Asserted and Denied in Media 2001-09-18
• September 19, 2001-September 2002: Members of the Bush Administration Describe 9/11 as ‘Opportunity’ 2001-09-19
• September 19, 2001: Rumsfeld Memo Emphasizes Global Nature of Conflict 2001-09-19
• September 19, 2001-September 20, 2001: Defense Policy Board Meets and Discusses Iraq 2001-09-19
• September 20, 2001: Senior US General: ‘We’re Going to Attack Iraq’ 2001-09-20
• September 30, 2001: Four Prominent Republicans Make Alarming Comments about Terrorists and WMDs 2001-09-30
• October 12, 2001: Rumsfeld Allegedly Says that Missile Hit Pentagon 2001-10-12
• October 12, 2001: President Bush Decides Against Attempting to Seal the Afghanistan-Pakistan Border to Prevent Al-Qaeda and Taliban from Escaping 2001-10-12
• October 29, 2001: Rumsfeld Establishes Office of Force Transformation 2001-10-29
• November 6-8, 2001: Fabricated INC Story of Muslim Terrorists Training in Iraq Electrifies Media, Builds Case for War 2001-11-06
• November 14-25, 2001: US Secretly Authorizes Airlift of Pakistani and Taliban Fighters 2001-11-14
• November 21, 2001: Bush Wants Iraq Invasion Plan 2001-11-21
• November 27, 2001: Rumsfeld Tells Franks ‘Look at Options for Iraq’ 2001-11-27
• November 29-30, 2001: Neoconservative Group Encourages Bush Administration to Invade Iraq as First Step to Dominating Middle East 2001-11-29
• January 8, 2002: Congress Receives Nuclear Review Advocating ‘New Triad’ of Weapons 2002-01-08
• February 12, 2002: Bush Official: Decision Made to Overthrow Hussein 2002-02-12
• February 19, 2002: New York Times Breaks Story on Office of Strategic Influence 2002-02-19
• February 20, 2002: Pentagon Office Designed for Telling Lies Revealed; Declared Closed 2002-02-20
• February 26, 2002: Rumsfeld Says Propaganda Office Has Been Closed; but in Fact It Is Closed in Name Only 2002-02-26
• March 3, 2002: Powell Denies ISI Links to Daniel Pearl Murder 2002-03-03
• March 28, 2002: Al-Qaeda Leader Zubaida Is Captured 2002-03-28
• April 17, 2002: Failure to Capture Bin Laden in Afghan War Is Called ‘Gravest Error’ 2002-04-17
• May 6, 2002: US Withdraws from International Criminal Court Statute 2002-05-06
• May 17, 2002: CIA Counterterrorism Head Fired for Criticizing Failure to Capture Bin Laden 2002-05-17
• May 20-24, 2002: Flurry of Government Terrorist Warnings Given at Politically Suspicious Time 2002-05-20
• May 21, 2002: Rumsfeld Warns Al-Qaeda Is in US, Says It Is Inevitable Terrorists Will Use WMDs 2002-05-21
• June 21, 2002: CIA Prepares Report on Iraq-Al-Qaeda Links Under Pressure from Administration 2002-06-21