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Events (28)

• December 23, 1998-January 12, 1999: Plan to Attack Bin Laden with Special Aircraft Is Proposed but Not Pursued 1998-12-23
• November 7, 2000: Plans to Target Bin Laden Delayed Pending 2000 Election 2000-11-07
• January 25, 2001: Clarke Presents Plan to Roll Back Al-Qaeda, but Response Is Delayed 2001-01-25
• February 21, 2001: US and British Forces Bomb Iraqi Military Facilities, Leading to Conflict within US Military Leadership 2001-02-21
• (Shortly Before September 11, 2001): Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Shelton Warns, ‘Be on Your Toes’ for a Domestic Terrorist Attack 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 10:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Shelton Talks to Vice Chairman Myers, Updated on Military’s Actions 2001-09-11
• 4:40 p.m. September 11, 2001: Plane Carrying Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Shelton Finally Lands Back in the US 2001-09-11
• 5:40 p.m. September 11, 2001: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Shelton Arrives at Pentagon Command Center after Returning to US 2001-09-11
• 6:42 p.m. September 11, 2001: Rumsfeld, Shelton, White, and Senators Give News Briefing on Attacks 2001-09-11
• 7:15 a.m. September 11, 2001: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Shelton Takes Off for NATO Meeting in Hungary 2001-09-11
• (8:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Some US Leaders Are Scattered; Others in D.C. 2001-09-11
• Shortly Before 9:00 a.m. September 11, 2001: Acting Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Learns of First Crash from Television 2001-09-11
• (8:50 a.m.-10:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Shelton Learns of Attacks while Flying to Europe, Initially Refused Permission to Return to US 2001-09-11
• (9:03 a.m.-9:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NORAD Commander Eberhart Sees the Second Crash on TV but Does Not Immediately Go to NORAD’s Operations Center 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
• (9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Vice Chairman Myers’s Executive Assistant Talks on the Phone with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Shelton’s Plane 2001-09-11
• (After 9:45 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Plane Carrying Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Shelton Spends Hours in a ‘Holding Pattern’ before Being Allowed into US Airspace 2001-09-11
• September 13, 2001: Wolfowitz Hints at Invading Iraq, but Is Publicly Rebuked by Powell 2001-09-13
• September 13, 2001: Powell Privately Complains Administration Neoconservatives Need to Be Put ‘Back in the Box’ 2001-09-13
• September 19, 2001: Rumsfeld Memo Emphasizes Global Nature of Conflict 2001-09-19
• March 2001: Senior Military Officials Informed of Able Danger Program
• Late December 1998: Data Mining Program Authorized to Go after Bin Laden
• Early 2001: Top Military Leaders Attend Briefings on Able Danger
• Late 2000: Military Prepares Options for Striking at Bin Laden, but Not Serious about Using Them
• Late 1998-2000: US Administration Officials Seek Ground-Based Plan to Kill Bin Laden
• Summer 2002-2003: Top US Military Brass Says Hussein No Threat; US Should Continue Containment
• August 2002: Retired Army General Says Iraq War Will Divert Momentum From War on Terror