James Bamford
Events (27)
- January 15, 2000: CIA’s Bin Laden Unit Stops Operations Linked to Al-Qaeda Malaysia Summit 2000-01-15
- April 24, 2001: Declassified Documents Reveal US Military Planned for Attacks Against Americans in 1960s to Justify Attacking Cuba 2001-04-24
- June 21, 2001: Senior Al-Qaeda Officials Say Important Surprises Coming Soon 2001-06-21
- Between June 1 and July 4, 2001: 9/11 Hijacker Almihdhar Allegedly Tells Cousin about Upcoming 9/11 Attacks, Says There Will Be Five 2001-07-04
- (Between 8:46 a.m. and 8:55 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Bush’s Motorcade Quickly Hears of Flight 11 Crash, but Bush Reportedly Still Unaware 2001-09-11
- (8:48 a.m.-9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Special NSA Warning Center First Learns from Television that US Is under Attack 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
- (9:06 a.m.) September 11, 2001: President Bush Told WTC Hit Again and US Is Under Attack; He Continues Photo-Op 2001-09-11
- October 31, 2001: Senior NSA Official Retires in Protest over Domestic Surveillance 2001-10-31
- June 21, 2002: Pentagon Slips New Undersecretary Position into Defense Authorization Bill 2002-06-21
- March 19, 2003: NSC Counterterrorism Director Resigns over Diversion of Resources Away from War on Terror to Iraq 2003-03-19
- December 14, 2004: President Bush Gives George Tenet and Others the Medal of Freedom 2004-12-14
- January 19, 2006: Justice Department Defends NSA Wiretapping Program 2006-01-19
- January 19, 2006: New York Times Published NSA Wiretapping Article before Seeing Book Manuscript 2006-01-19
- February 14, 2006: NSA Official Says Agency Has More Extensive Surveillance Program Than Previously Reported 2006-02-14
- April 19, 2007: NSA Announces Plans to Build Huge Facility near Microsoft Data Center in Texas 2007-04-19
- Shortly Before October 1, 2008: FBI Denies Permission for Television Interview of Agents about Key Failure before 9/11 2008-10-01
- February 3, 2009: Experts: NSA Would Have Chosen Different AT&T Facility for Data Surveillance Had Its Interest Not Been in Domestic Communications 2009-02-03
- May-June 2001: New Muslim Convert Inadvertently Learns of 9/11 Plot Involving 50 Operatives, with Five Suicide Attacks Coming Soon, 15 More Later
- May 1996: Al-Qaeda Begins Using Vital Communications Hub in Yemen
- June 1999: CIA Appoints New Chief of Bin Laden Unit; His Management Style Is Not Popular
- July 1999-Summer 2001: Friction Continues between New CIA Bin Laden Unit Chief and FBI Official John O’Neill
- August 2001: Six 9/11 Hijackers Live Near Entrance to NSA
- After December 1996: After CIA Obtains Half of Bin Laden’s Calls Itself, NSA Still Refuses to Provide Other Half
- After December 1996: CIA Builds Own Listening Post to Obtain Half of Intelligence NSA Already Has, but Refuses to Share
- August 2002: Top Bush Officials Form Group to Sell Iraq War to Public, Congress, and Allies
- May 1991: President Bush Authorizes CIA to Create Conditions for Removal of Saddam Hussein; CIA Hires PR Firm