Mike Mcconnell
Events (32)
- January 5, 2007: Bush Shakes Up Iraq Advisory Team 2007-01-05
- February 20, 2007: McConnell Replaces Negroponte as Director of National Intelligence; Considered More ‘Amenable’ to White House Position on Iran 2007-02-20
- March 4, 2007: Saudis Said to Be Funding Iraqi Insurgents 2007-03-04
- May 1, 2007: Administration Backs Off on Agreement to Issue Warrants for Wiretaps 2007-05-01
- July 18, 2007: US Intelligence Estimate Concludes Al-Qaeda Is Reviving Due to Pakistan Safe Haven and Iraq War 2007-07-18
- July 25, 2007: DNI Asks Congress to Authorize Warrantless Wiretaps 2007-07-25
- July 31, 2007: Director of National Intelligence Acknowledges Other Secret Surveillance Programs 2007-07-31
- August 1-4, 2007: Protect America Act Sails through Congress 2007-08-01
- August 7, 2007: Protect America Act Another ‘Three-Step Waltz’ by Administration to Garner New Power 2007-08-07
- September 18, 2007: Director of National Intelligence McConnell Denies US Detected Hijackers’ US Calls, Says 9/11 ‘Should Have and Could Have Been Prevented’ 2007-09-18
- November 10, 2007: Cheney’s Office Continuing to Delay Release of ‘Unsatisfactory’ NIE on Iran 2007-11-10
- December 3-4, 2007: Bush Claims to Have Only Learned About Iran NIE Findings Several Days Before NIE Was Released 2007-12-03
- December 5-6, 2007: White House Contradicts Bush’s Claim of Ignorance over Iran NIE 2007-12-05
- December 10, 2007: McConnell Calls for Immunity for Telecom Firms, Expanded Surveillance Capabilities 2007-12-10
- December 16, 2007: Bush Administration Pushing for Immunity for Telecom Firms Who Cooperated with NSA Domestic Wiretapping Program 2007-12-16
- January 9, 2008: Pakistan Gives US Permission to Launch More Attacks on Al-Qaeda Targets in Tribal Region 2008-01-09
- January 16, 2008: Director of National Intelligence Falsely Claims US Intelligence Was Not Allowed to Track 9/11 Hijackers in US 2008-01-16
- February 5, 2008: Intelligence Officials Admit US Waterboarded Three Detainees 2008-02-05
- February 7, 2008: FBI, DIA Stand By Decision Not to Waterboard 2008-02-07
- February 15-17, 2008: National Intelligence Chief Admits Legislation Primarily Needed to Protect Telecom Firms, Not the Nation 2008-02-15
- February 16, 2008: Protect America Act Expires, Congress Does Not Yet Grant Immunity to Telecoms 2008-02-16
- February 22, 2008: Attorney General and Director of National Intelligence Attribute Failure to Exploit Yemen Hub Calls to 1981 Executive Order 2008-02-22
- February 22, 2008: McConnell, Mukasey: Law’s Expiration Costing the Government Needed Terrorist Intelligence 2008-02-22
- February 23, 2008: Bush Insists on Telecom Immunity, Claims Democrats Put Trial Lawyers before Nation’s Safety 2008-02-23
- February 23, 2008: Mukasey, McConnell Admit that US Receiving Same Intelligence as before PAA Lapse 2008-02-23
- February 25-26, 2008: Hoekstra, Republicans Claim Democrats Put Trial Lawyers, Global Warming before National Security 2008-02-25
- February 29, 2008: Director of National Intelligence McConnell Says Afghan Government Is Losing Control 2008-02-29
- (Between December 2008 and January 2009): Bin Laden’s Son Saad Escapes House Arrest in Iran
- After February 2002: US Intelligence Communtiy Monitors Journalist Researching Al-Qaeda, US Intelligence Failures before 9/11
- February 2001: NSA Approaches Qwest, Other Telecoms, For Provision of Domestic Phone Records and Surveillance Access
- May 2008: US Intelligence Allegedly Hears Head of Pakistani Military Call Taliban Leader ‘Strategic Asset’
- Late 2006-Fall 2007: Intelligence Community Drafts New National Intelligence Estimate Showing Iran Stopped Its Nuclear Weapons Program in 2003