National Security Council

Events (176)

• (9:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: President Bush Meets with Advisers, Declares War Without Barriers 2001-09-11
• (9:05 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Condoleezza Rice Tries to Assemble National Security Team, but Cannot Reach Key Officials 2001-09-11
• Before September 11, 2001: Echelon Intelligence Network Used on Al-Qaeda 2001-09-11
• Early 2001-September 11, 2001: Bush Administration Loses Interest in Apprehending Taliban-Linked Arms Dealer Victor Bout 2001-09-11
• September 12, 2001: Ashcroft Not Highly Concerned about Following Procedures So Captured Terrorists Can Be Put on Trial 2001-09-12
• September 13, 2001: CIA Presents President with Plan to Confront Global Terrorism; Claims Victory Can Be Achieved in Weeks 2001-09-13
• September 17, 2001: Bush Tells His Advisers ‘I Believe Iraq Was Involved’ in 9/11 Attacks 2001-09-17
• September 17, 2001: US Special Forces Presentation Meant for President Bush Suggests Poisoning Afghanistan Food Supply 2001-09-17
• September 21-26, 2001: US-Funded Radio Network Censored by Government, Asked Not to Broadcast Interview with Taliban Leader 2001-09-21
• September 25-26, 2001: VOA Prints Censored US Interview with Taliban Leader, Airs Short Excerpt 2001-09-25
• September 28, 2001: Bush Tells His Advisers Iraq ‘Probably Was Behind’ 9/11; Wants to Use Afghanistan War as Warning to Other Countries 2001-09-28
• October 12, 2001: President Bush Decides Against Attempting to Seal the Afghanistan-Pakistan Border to Prevent Al-Qaeda and Taliban from Escaping 2001-10-12
• October 17, 2001: Top Bush Administration Officials Look to Blame Anthrax Attacks on Al-Qaeda, Iraq, or Russia 2001-10-17
• November 15, 2001: OLC Lawyers Assert Bush Can Unilaterally Amend ABM Treaty with Russia 2001-11-15
• March 28, 2002: Al-Qaeda Leader Zubaida Is Captured 2002-03-28
• May 16, 2002: CIA Operative Hurt While Posing as Terrorist Bomber in Philippines? 2002-05-16
• July 13, 2002: Administration, CIA Lawyers Discuss Zubaida Interrogation Plans 2002-07-13
• September 20, 2002: Bush Administration Releases ‘National Security Strategy’ Document Advocating Preemptive War 2002-09-20
• November 25, 2002: Woodward Publishes ‘Hagiographic’ Book Chronicling Bush’s Response to 9/11, Preparations for War with Iraq 2002-11-25
• November 26, 2002: Secret List of Saudi Terror Financiers Is Revealed 2002-11-26
• December 1, 2002: White House Stops Israeli-Palestinian ‘Road Map’ Negotiations at Israel’s Request, Angering Arab Partners 2002-12-01
• May-December 5, 2002: US Investigators Pressed to Look Into Ptech 2002-12-05
• January 27, 2003: CIA Director Apparently Fails to Vet State of Union Address, Allows Uranium Claim to Be Included 2003-01-27
• January 30-February 4, 2003: Powell’s Team Compiles Information for Upcoming Presentation on Its Own 2003-02-04
• January 30-February 4, 2003: Powell’s Top Aide Refuses to Include Material From White House Reports in Powell’s Upcoming UN Speech 2003-02-04
• February 9, 2003: Washington Post: Bush Administration in Near-Perfect Accord with Likud-Run Israeli Government 2003-02-09
• March 9, 2003 and After: White House Begins Campaign to Smear, Discredit Wilson 2003-03-09
• March 18, 2003: White House Asks for Copy of ‘Reynolds’ Petition 2003-03-18
• March 19, 2003: NSC Counterterrorism Director Resigns over Diversion of Resources Away from War on Terror to Iraq 2003-03-19
• March 20, 2003: Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Divulges Classified Info on Iraq Leadership Location 2003-03-20
• March 25, 2003: Bush Gives Cheney Power to Classify, Declassify Intelligence 2003-03-25
• June 12, 2003: White House, NSC, State Department Discuss Wilson Trip after Post Article Published; Plame Wilson Identity Discussed 2003-06-12
• June 12, 2003: National Security Council Spokesman Insists There Is Other Evidence Supporting the Uranium-From-Africa Claim 2003-06-12
• May 8, 2004: Cheney Interviewed by Plame Leak Investigators, Evades Questions 2004-05-08
• October 29, 2004: National Security Council Principals Know Bush’s Ratings Go Up When Bin Laden Appears 2004-10-29
• October 28, 2005: Addington Becomes Cheney’s Chief of Staff 2005-10-28
• November 14, 2005: Post Reporter Testifies about Plame’s Identity Being Divulged 2005-11-14
• November 30, 2005: Bush ‘Military Strategy Proposal’ Actually Rehashed PR Document 2005-11-30
• April 16, 2006: Cheney’s Staff Powerful, Secretive, and Highly Influential, Reporter Finds 2006-04-16
• August 23, 2006: Republican Intelligence Report on Iran’s Nuclear Program Is Fundamentally False 2006-08-23
• January 10, 2007: CIA Provides Further Details of Memos Authorizing Detention, Interrogation in ‘Black Sites’ 2007-01-10
• January 10, 2007: Troop Surge Said to Be Rebuff to Iraq Study Group 2007-01-10
• June 4, 2007: Pakistani President Musharraf Warned Militants Becoming Dangerous in Pakistan 2007-06-04
• June 27, 2007: Vice President Cheney in Charge of US Policy towards Pakistan; Refuses to Consider Alternatives to Pakistani President Musharraf 2007-06-27
• December 11, 2007: CIA Officer Gives Another Interview on Waterboarding, Implicates Justice Department, White House 2007-12-11
• April 11, 2008: President Bush Admits to Knowing of High-Level Approvals of Torture 2008-04-11
• January 22, 2009: Obama Orders Closure of Guantanamo and CIA Prisons 2009-01-22
• April 21, 2009: Senate Intelligence Committee Report Shows Cheney, Rice Authorized Torture 2009-04-21
• April 21, 2009: Former State Department Adviser Reveals Secret Memo Challenging Bush Administration’s Legal Justifications for Torture 2009-04-21
• July 9, 2009: G-8 Says Global Economic Recovery Too Weak to Withdraw Stimulus Efforts 2009-07-09