Osama Bin Laden

Events (900)

• October 5, 1999: Bin Laden Might Be Planning Major Attack in US 1999-10-05
• October 31, 1999: Suicide Pilot Crashes Commercial Airliner into Ocean 1999-10-31
• November 14, 1999: Limited UN Sanctions on Afghanistan 1999-11-14
• December 8, 1999: CIA Concludes that Bin Laden Plans Many Imminent Attacks, Including Some inside US 1999-12-08
• December 11, 1999: US Citizen, Alleged Mastermind of Jordanian Bomb Plot, Is Arrested but Never Charged 1999-12-11
• December 29, 1999: Bin Laden’s ‘Procurement Agent’ Detained in Jordan, Said to Describe ‘Bin Laden’s US Operations’ 1999-12-29
• December 31, 1999-January 1, 2000: Attacks Against US Targets Avoided through Alerts and Luck 1999-12-31
• January 8, 2000: Bin Laden Speech Is Videotaped and Later Used by US Intelligence 2000-01-08
• February 2, 2000: CIA Director Tells Public that Bin Laden Is Planning ‘Further Blows Against America’ 2000-02-02
• February 16, 2000: Bin Laden Finally the Subject of Public Reward Campaign 2000-02-16
• March 10, 2000: Review of Counterterrorism Efforts Show Continued Worries; Sleeper Cells Feared 2000-03-10
• March 16, 2000: Report: Intelligence Agencies Are Not Acting to Stop Bin Laden’s Businesses and Charities 2000-03-16
• March 17, 2000: Bin Laden Reportedly Ill 2000-03-17
• April 1, 2000: Raid Reveals Al-Qaeda Safe House in Kosovo, but US Takes No Action against Al-Qaeda Figure Linked to House 2000-04-01
• April 2, 2000: Counterterrorism ‘Tsar’ Clarke Wants Aggressive Strategy against Terrorism; Says Our ‘Achilles Heel’ Is ‘Here in the United States’ 2000-04-02
• April 2, 2000: Some Complain Clinton Administration Focusing Too Much on Terrorism 2000-04-02
• July 24, 2000: French Detail Bin Laden Network, Including His Ties to Bin Laden Family and Saudi Government Charity 2000-07-24
• August 28, 2000: Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda’s Chief Bomb Maker Recognized in Aerial Photo 2000-08-28
• September 21, 2000: Al-Qaeda Leaders Vow to ‘Spill Blood’ to Free ‘Blind Sheikh’ 2000-09-21
• September 15-October 1, 2000: Sydney Olympics Officials’ Top Concern: Airliner-Based Al-Qaeda Attack 2000-10-01
• October 12, 2000: USS Cole Bombed by Al-Qaeda 2000-10-12
• Shortly After October 12, 2000: US Decides Against Immediate Counterstrike on Al-Qaeda afterColeBombing 2000-10-12
• After October 12, 2000: CIA Discusses Increased Support for Northern Alliance in Wake ofColeBombing 2000-10-12
• November 7, 2000: Plans to Target Bin Laden Delayed Pending 2000 Election 2000-11-07
• December 18, 2000: CIA Director Warns Clinton of Increased Risk that Al-Qaeda Could Attack in Coming Weeks 2000-12-18
• December 19, 2000: US Seeks Taliban Overthrow; Considers Russia-US Invasion of Afghanistan 2000-12-19
• December 19, 2000: Clinton Tells Bush His Top Priority Should Be Bin Laden; Bush Says It’s Saddam Hussein Instead 2000-12-19
• December 20, 2000: Clarke Plan to Neutralize Al-Qaeda Deferred Pending Administration Transition 2000-12-20
• December 29, 2000: CIA Develops ‘Blue Sky’ Plan to Increase Support to Massoud, Strike Bin Laden 2000-12-29
• January 10-25, 2001: Rice Rejects Resuming Use of Surveillance Drone to Track Bin Laden 2001-01-10
• January 10, 2001 and After: Commission Finds Threat of Russian ‘Loose Nukes’ Most Threatening to US Security; Bush Administration Cuts Nuke Security Programs 2001-01-10
• January 19, 2001: UN Sanctions on Taliban Do Not Stop Illegal Trade Network 2001-01-19
• January 19, 2001: US and Pakistan Discuss Operation to Snatch Bin Laden 2001-01-19
• January 27, 2001: Confirmation of Al-Qaeda’s Role in USSColeBombing Triggers No Immediate US Response 2001-01-27
• February 7, 2001: CIA Director Tenet Publicly Warns Congress that Bin Laden’s Network Is ‘Most Immediate and Serious Threat’ to US Interests 2001-02-07
• February 9, 2001: Bin Laden’s Financial Network Supposedly Laid Bare 2001-02-09
• February 9-21, 2001: NSA Supposedly Mapped, Disrupted, and Monitored Bin Laden’s Network 2001-02-09
• February 26, 2001: Osama Attends Son’s Wedding with Other Bin Laden Family Members 2001-02-26
• March 1, 2001: Taliban Disregard International Opinion and Destroy Giant Buddha Statues 2001-03-01
• March 7, 2001: Russia Submits Report on Bin Laden to UN Security Council, US Fails to Act on It 2001-03-07
• March 20, 2001: Reporter Says She Has Evidence that Bin Laden Orchestrated Oklahoma City Bombing 2001-03-20
• April 1, 2001-September 10, 2001: Nearly Half of FAA’s Daily Intelligence Summaries Mention Bin Laden or Al-Qaeda; No Action is Taken 2001-04-01
• April 13, 2001: FBI Warned to Search for Information on Muslim Extremist Threat 2001-04-13
• April 30, 2001: Annual Terrorism Report Says Focusing on Bin Laden Is Mistake; Pakistan and Taliban Are Criticized But Not Punished 2001-04-30
• April 30, 2001: Wolfowitz in Deputy Secretary Meeting: Who Cares About [Bin Laden]? 2001-04-30
• May 1, 2001-September 11, 2001: FAA Briefs Airlines on Security, But Only About Overseas Threats 2001-05-01
• May 16-17, 2001: US Warned Bin Laden Supporters Are Inside US and Planning an Attack 2001-05-16
• May 29, 2001: US Citizens Overseas Cautioned 2001-05-29
• June 1-2, 2001: Military Conducts Exercises Based on Scenario in which Cruise Missiles Are Launched against US 2001-06-01
• June 4, 2001: Illegal Afghans Overheard Discussing New York City Hijacking Attack 2001-06-04