Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
Events (239)
- February-Early May 1995: Bojinka Second Wave Fully Revealed to Philippines Investigators; Information Given to US
- Late March through Early June, 2002: FBI Interrogator Gains ‘Actionable Intelligence’ from Zubaida Using Non-Coercive Interrogation Methods
- March 7 - Mid-April, 2003: Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Tortured in Poland
- April-October 2001: US Records 9/11 Plotters Talking about the September 11 Attacks
- April, June, or August 2002: Al Jazeera Reporter Claims to Conduct Interview with 9/11 Masterminds
- April 2002: Al-Qaeda Leader Zubaida Confeseses to FBI that KSM Is 9/11 Mastermind
- April-May 1995: FBI Learns KSM Has Been in US and Is Planning to Come Back for Flight Training
- May-July 2001: 9/11 Attacks Originally Planned for Early Date
- May 2001: Hijackers Take Advantage of New, Anonymous Visa Express Procedure
- May 2002-2003: CIA Uses Controversial Waterboarding Technique on Several High-Ranking Al-Qaeda Detainees
- Between May and Late 2006: CIA Bans Use of Waterboarding
- June 2002: CIA Claims to Get Vital Intelligence from Torture of Zubaida, but Others Claim His Leads Are Mostly Vague and Useless
- June 1996: Informant’s Clues Point to KSM
- June 1998: KSM Almost Caught in Brazil; Using Exposed Bojinka Front Company as Cover
- Mid-July 2000: Almihdhar Reports to KSM; Claims He and Alhazmi Were Followed to US
- July 2000: Potential Informant Ignored by Australian and US Authorities
- July 2003-Mid-2004: Al-Qaeda Leader Al-Libbi Lives in Abbottabad, Pakistan; Works with Key Courier Ahmed
- July 2003: Neoconservative Author Says CIA, State Department Hiding Connections between Iraq and 9/11
- July 2003: Saudi Embassy in US Found to Be Passing Money to Suspect Charities through US Bank that Has CIA Ties
- July 1989: Ramzi Yousef Already Visits Philippines, Setting Up New Base for Bin Laden
- July 1993: Ramzi Yousef and KSM Attempt to Assassinate Pakistani Prime Minister
- Mid-August 2001: 9/11 Hijacker Hanjour Rents Plane in Maryland; He Is Still Not Skilled Enough to Fly Solo
- Late August 1998: CIA Learns KSM Involved in Embassy Bombings
- Early September 2001: Hambali Aware of Attack Date for 9/11 Plot
- Late September 2001-March 2003: US Intelligence Fails to Catch Apparent Al-Qaeda Sleeper Agent with Ties to Saudi Embassy, KSM, and CIA Charity Front
- January 7-September 1995: KSM Stays in Philippines with Abu Sayyaf, Not Arrested Despite Ties to Group Informant
- October 2000-February 2001: Moussaoui Travels to London and Afghanistan
- October 2001-February 2002: KSM’s Attempt to Duplicate 9/11 Plot on West Coast of US Fizzles
- Shortly Before October 1995: FBI Learns KSM Traveling to Sudan and Qatar
- November 2005: Top Captured Militants in Secret CIA Prisons Moved From Poland to Mauritania
- (December 2001): FBI Links KSM to Financing of 9/11 Attacks
- December 1995: Bin Laden and KSM Travel to Brazil Together
- Early 1998: CIA Ignores Ex-Agent’s Warning KSM Is ‘Going to Hijack Some Planes,’ Visiting Germany
- December 1999: 9/11 Hijackers Meet to Discuss Operation; Indication Alhazmi Flew Flight 77
- Mid-December 1999: Two Attendees of Al-Qaeda Summit in Malaysia Arrive Early
- (1993): Ramzi Yousef and KSM Have High-Level Protection in Pakistan
- 1995-1998: Al-Qaeda Leader Based in Philippines
- 1999: KSM Repeatedly Visits Atta and Others in Al-Qaeda’s Hamburg Cell
- 2002: CIA Decides Ibrahim Saeed Ahmed Fits Profile of Ideal Courier for Bin Laden
- Late 2002: Tortured ‘20th Hijacker’ Provides Clues about Bin Laden’s Trusted Courier Ibrahim Saeed Ahmed
- 2002: Most Members of Bojinka Front Company Linked to 9/11 Mastermind Remain at Large
- 1987-1991: KSM Works in Afghanistan for Warlord Most Favored by CIA
- Late 1980s: Afghan Training Camps Forge Future Boston Al-Qaeda Cell
- 1991: KSM Proves Worth to Al-Qaeda while Building Network in Philippines
- 1992-1995: KSM Fights and Fundraises in Bosnia
- 1992-1996: KSM Lives in Qatar with Government Protection
- Spring 1993: US Discovers that Ramzi Yousef and KSM Have Ties with ISI
- 1988-Spring 1995: KSM’s Brother Works for Charity Allegedly Connected to CIA
- 1995: Hijackers Alhazmi and Almihdhar Fight in Bosnia
- October 1995: CIA Learns KSM’s Exact Location in Qatar but No Action Is Taken