John O Neill
Events (37)
- May 22, 1997: FBI: Terrorists Are Operating in US With Capability to Attack 1997-05-22
- June 11, 1997: FBI Agent O’Neill Warns of the Danger Posed by Islamic Extremists in a Major Speech 1997-06-11
- August 4-19, 1998: US Refuses Extradition of Two Embassy Bombers 1998-08-04
- January 6, 2000: CIA Informs FBI Leaders about Al-Qaeda Malaysia Summit but Fails to Mention One Attendee Has US Visa 2000-01-06
- April 25, 2000: FBI Agent O’Neill Temporarily Loses His Handheld Computer that Contains Details of His Contacts 2000-04-25
- (Between October 15 and November 21, 2000): FBI Bin Laden Expert Warns of Al-Qaeda Threat to WTC 2000-11-21
- November 22-December 16, 2000: Yemen Provides Photos of Al-Qaeda Leader toColeInvestigators, Bombing Linked to Al-Qaeda 2000-12-16
- May 29, 2001: FBI Agent O’Neill Tells a Colleague that More Al-Qaeda Attacks Will Happen 2001-05-29
- June 17, 2001: USSColeInvestigators Withdrawn from Yemen over Threats 2001-06-17
- July 5-16, 2001: John O’Neill’s Movements in Spain Roughly Overlap with Those of 9/11 Hijackers and Associates 2001-07-05
- August 19, 2001: FBI’s Best Al-Qaeda Expert Under Investigation for Trivial Issue, His Retirement Soon Follows 2001-08-19
- August 22, 2001: FBI Team Returns to Yemen to InvestigateColeBombing 2001-08-22
- August 22, 2001: Top FBI Al-Qaeda Expert Leaves FBI in Frustration; Misses Important Warnings 2001-08-22
- August 23, 2001: Former FBI Al-Qaeda Expert Begins Job as Head of Security at the WTC 2001-08-23
- Summer 1999-August 31, 2001: Best-Selling Author Writes Novel About Al-Qaeda Attack on Washington; Assisted by US Counterterrorism Experts 2001-08-31
- Late August-September 6, 2001: WTC Security Manager Discusses Possibility of Plane Hitting Twin Towers 2001-09-06
- September 7, 2001: New Security Director Criticizes Poor Security at the World Trade Center 2001-09-07
- September 10, 2001: New WTC Security Director Warns of Danger of ‘Something Big’ 2001-09-10
- September 10, 2001: WTC Leaseholder’s Publicist Cancels 9/11 Appointment at Trade Center 2001-09-10
- January 2001: Interagency Group Urges Increased Protection of Federal Buildings in Manhattan
- February 1996-June 1999: CIA’s Bin Laden Unit Has Conflicts with CIA Superiors and Other Intelligence Agencies
- May 2000: Al-Qaeda Leader Is Arrested in Britain and Then Released
- (Summer 2001): FBI Agent O’Neill Tells New York Police Commissioner Kerik Something ‘Enormous’ Will Happen
- Summer 2001: FBI Officials Warn New York Officials about the Possibility of a Major Terrorist Attack Occurring
- Summer 1999: FBI Agent O’Neill Breaks Protocols by Taking His Girlfriend to a Secret FBI Facility
- July 2000: FBI Agent O’Neill Has His Briefcase Containing Classified Material Stolen after He Leaves It Unattended
- Mid-July 2001: John O’Neill Rails Against White House and Saudi Obstructionism
- (Between July 1995 and September 2000): Senior FBI Agent Says There Are No Threats to Aviation
- Late August 1998: CIA Discovers ‘Rosetta Stone of Al-Qaeda’ but Doesn’t Share with FBI
- July 1999-Summer 2001: Friction Continues between New CIA Bin Laden Unit Chief and FBI Official John O’Neill
- October 14-Late November, 2000: Investigation Into USSColeBombing Is Thwarted
- November 1997: Ali Soufan Joins the FBI
- Early December 2000: Confession Brings FBI Close to Learning about Hijackers Coming to US, but CIA Withholds Key Information Again
- Early 1997: CIA Unit Determines Bin Laden Is Serious Threat, But Cooperation Is Poor
- Late 1996: CIA Definitively Confirms Bin Laden Is Not Just Financier, but US Is Slow to Act
- Late 1998: Taliban Stall Pipeline Negotiations to Keep Western Powers at Bay
- Late 1998: Key Embassy Bombing Witnesses Are Beheaded Before They Can Talk to FBI