Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
Events (239)
- 1995: KSM Visits Bin Laden in Sudan
- February 1995-1996: Bojinka Plotter Says 10 Suicide Bombers Training in US; Not Much Follow Up Investigation
- 1996-2000: Bin Laden Visits Friendly Government Officials in Qatar
- January-May 1996: US Fails to Capture KSM Living Openly in Qatar
- 1996: US Intelligence Learns that KSM and Bin Laden Have Traveled Together
- 1997 or After: Responsibility for KSM Transferred to Renditions Branch at CIA
- December 1999: Atta and Alshehhi Seen Partying and Taking Flying Lessons in Philippines
- September 1998-January 1999: US Fails to Capture KSM Again as He Makes Second Attempt to Assassinate Pope
- After January 2004: 9/11 Commission Decides to Add Disclaimer to Chapters Heavily Based on Detainee Interrogations
- Autumn 2003: KSM Lies, Possibly While under Torture, to Protect Identity of Bin Laden’s Trusted Courier Ahmed
- (November 2001): Monitored Al-Qaeda Operative Connects KSM to 9/11 Hijackers
- Early 2003: KSM Possibly Arrested in Karachi
- Early April 2000: Alhazmi Talks to 9/11 Facilitator in Dubai, Possibly Using Phone Monitored by NSA
- Early December 1999: KSM Trains Operatives for Hijackings
- Early 1998: CIA Ignores Warning that KSM Is Heading Al-Qaeda’s Terrorist Operations
- Early 2000: KSM Spends Time in Italy
- Early 1994-January 1995: KSM Receives Mysterious Financial Support in the Philippines
- Early 1996: KSM Said to be Building a Bomb
- Early 1996: FBI and Philippine Agents Bungle Capture of KSM
- Early 1998: Prosecutors Turn Down Deal That Could Reveal Bojinka Third Plot
- Early 1999: KSM Allegedly Works on 9/11 Plot in Hamburg
- Late 2001: KSM Sheltered by Royal Family Members in Qatar
- Late 2003-2004: 9/11 Commission Suspects Interrogated Detainees Are Harshly Treated
- Late August 2001: Al-Qaeda Hamburg Cell Member Goes to Pakistan, Possibly Tells KSM about Timing of 9/11 Attacks
- Late 2001-Spring 2002: European Intelligence Agencies Monitor Al-Qaeda Relocating in Pakistan
- Late 2005: Conflicting Prisoner Accounts Point to Importance of Al-Qaeda Courier Ahmed
- Late 1999: 9/11 Hijackers Train withColeBomber and Other Militants
- Mid 2000: Jemaah Islamiyah Passes Casing Video to Al-Qaeda Leadership to Get Approval for Attack
- Mid-March 2003: Al-Qaeda Operative in US Is Arrested, Informs on Others
- Mid-1994: Ramzi Yousef Works Closely with Al-Qaeda Leaders
- April 2002 and After: Cabinet-Level Bush Officials Frequently Discuss and Approve Specific ‘Harsh’ Interrogation Techniques
- Spring 2000: FBI Agent Privately Shown Al-Qaeda Summit Photos but Fails to Make Any Connections
- (Spring 2000): Candidate Hijacker Obtains Pilot’s Licence in Malaysia
- Spring 1995: Flow Chart Given to US Connects Key Al-Qaeda Figures, but Not Followed Up
- Summer 1998: KSM Travels to the US until at Least This Time
- Summer 2001: Bin Laden Speech Mentions 20 Martyrs in Upcoming Attack; Other Hints of Attack Spread Widely
- Summer 2001: NSA Intercepts Calls between 9/11 Hijacker Atta and 9/11 Mastermind KSM; Fails to Share This with Other Agencies
- Summer 2003: 9/11 Commission Unhappy with Information Coming from Detainees
- Summer 2001: Candidate 9/11 Hijacker Possibly Arrested in US, Then Released