Osama Bin Laden

Events (900)

• September 10, 2001: Intelligence Intercepts Show Al-Qaeda Agents Ordered to Return to Afghanistan by This Date 2001-09-10
• September 10, 2001: Report Warns that Al-Qaeda Intends to Carry Out an Attack in the US 2001-09-10
• September 10, 2001: Pakistani Army Guards Bin Laden as He Receives Medical Treatment 2001-09-10
• September 10, 2001: New WTC Security Director Warns of Danger of ‘Something Big’ 2001-09-10
• Between August 6 and September 10, 2001: ’Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US’ Memo Is Not Acted Upon 2001-09-10
• Between Mid-August and September 10, 2001: ISI Director Learns Pakistani Nuclear Scientists Are Helping Al-Qaeda, but Fails to Take Action or Warn US 2001-09-10
• Just Before September 11, 2001: Deputies Still Putting Final Touches on Three-Year Plan to Stop Al-Qaeda 2001-09-11
• (8:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Intelligence Committee Chairs Meet with ISI Head and Possible 9/11 Attack Funder as the Attack Occurs 2001-09-11
• Before September 11, 2001: US Military’s Special Forces Never Used Against Al-Qaeda Before 9/11 2001-09-11
• Just Before September 11, 2001: CIA, FBI Lack Counterterrorism Resources, and Focus 2001-09-11
• September 11, 2001: Planned Speech on Threats by National Security Adviser Rice Contains No Mention of Al-Qaeda or Bin Laden 2001-09-11
• After September 11, 2001: Russian-Born Businessman Provides US Intelligence with Information about Al-Qaeda 2001-09-11
• (1:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Taliban Claim They and Bin Laden Were Not Involved in 9/11 Attacks 2001-09-11
• (10:26 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Former Secretary of State Haig Suggests that al-Qaeda Is behind Today’s Attacks 2001-09-11
• (11:30 p.m.) September 11, 2001: President Bush Sees 9/11 as New Pearl Harbor 2001-09-11
• (12:00 Noon) September 11, 2001: Senator Hatch Repeats Intelligence Community’s Conclusion that Osama Bin Laden Is Responsible 2001-09-11
• (Between 1:30 p.m. and 2:50 p.m.) September 11, 2001: President’s CIA Briefer Blames Bin Laden for Attack 2001-09-11
• Between 1996 and September 11, 2001: FBI Directly Monitors Militants in Afganistan with Hi-Tech Phone Booth 2001-09-11
• (2:40 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Rumsfeld Is Told Al-Qaeda Was Behind 9/11 Attacks But Wants to Blame Iraq 2001-09-11
• (3:15 p.m.) September 11, 2001: President Bush Meets with Top Officials via Video Conference Call 2001-09-11
• 4:00 p.m. September 11, 2001: CNN Blames Bin Laden for Attacks 2001-09-11
• (8:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Bin Laden Said to Be Listening to Radio for News of Attacks 2001-09-11
• (Before 8:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FBI Agent Sees a Report about Bin Laden Reopening His Underground Complex 2001-09-11
• Shortly After 8:48 a.m. September 11, 2001: Head of CIA’s Bin Laden Unit Blames Al-Qaeda for the Crash at the WTC 2001-09-11
• (8:50 a.m.) September 11, 2001: CIA Director Tenet Told of Attack, Immediately Suspects Bin Laden 2001-09-11
• (9:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: President Bush Meets with Advisers, Declares War Without Barriers 2001-09-11
• After 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: CIA’s Deputy Director and New York Station Chief Conclude Bin Laden Behind Attack 2001-09-11
• Shortly After 9:30 a.m. September 11, 2001: White House Official Indicates that Bin Laden Is Likely to Blame for the Attacks 2001-09-11
• Shortly Before September 11, 2001: CIA Learns Pakistani Nuclear Scientists Are Helping Al-Qaeda, but Takes No Effective Action 2001-09-11
• Shortly Before September 11, 2001: CIA Learns Pakistani Charity Front Tried to Sell Nuclear Weapon to Libya, but Takes No Effective Action Against It 2001-09-11
• Before September 11, 2001: Echelon Intelligence Network Used on Al-Qaeda 2001-09-11
• Before September 11, 2001: Three Countries Hear Bin Laden Tell Wife to Return to Afghanistan; This Warning Sets Off ‘Scramble’ in US and Elsewhere 2001-09-11
• September 12, 2001-January 2002: Saeed Sheikh Lives Openly in Pakistan 2001-09-12
• September 12, 2001: Aide Says Bin Laden Denies Role in 9/11 Attacks 2001-09-12
• September 12, 2001: Top Bush Officials Privately Decide to Focus on Al-Qaeda First, then Alleged State Sponsors of Terrorism like Iraq 2001-09-12
• September 12, 2001: Neoconservative Academic Blames Hussein, Iraq for 9/11 2001-09-12
• September 12, 2001 and After: Phone Number in 9/11 Hijacker’s Car Points to Suspicious Associate in San Diego 2001-09-12
• September 12, 2001: US Denies Any Hints of Bin Laden Plot to Attack in US 2001-09-12
• September 12, 2001: CIA Briefing to President Bush Lays Out Evidence of Bin Laden Responsibility for Attacks 2001-09-12
• September 12-18, 2001: Congress Refuses to Give Bush Wiretapping Authority 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 13, 2001: Televangelists Blame Gays, Abortionists, Civil Liberties Groups for 9/11 2001-09-13
• September 13, 2001: French Intelligence Report Indicates Connections Between Osama and Bin Laden Family 2001-09-13
• September 13, 2001: White House Announces Bin Laden-9/11 Connection 2001-09-13
• September 13, 2001: Taliban Says Bin Laden Denies Role in 9/11 Attacks 2001-09-13
• September 13, 2001: Former CIA Director Suggests Saddam Hussein May Have Been Behind the 9/11 Attacks 2001-09-13
• September 14-19, 2001: Bin Laden Family Members, Saudi Royals Quietly Leave US 2001-09-14
• September 14-26, 2001: Former Head of Pakistani Intelligence Says Bin Laden Not Responsible for 9/11, Blames Israel and US 2001-09-14
• September 14, 2001: Deutsche Bank Exec Resigns, Prompting Speculations of 9/11 Connection 2001-09-14
• September 15, 2001-April 6, 2002: Bush Shifts Public Focus from Bin Laden to Iraq 2001-09-15