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Events (216)

• July 27, 2001: National Security Adviser Rice Briefed on Terrorist Threats, Advised to Keep Ready 2001-07-27
• August 4, 2001: Nothing New in Letter from President Bush to Pakistani President Musharraf 2001-08-04
• August 23, 2001: Hijackers Alhazmi and Almihdhar Are Finally Added to Terrorist Watch List 2001-08-23
• September 4, 2001: Cabinet-Rank Advisers Discuss Terrorism, Approve Revised Version of Clarke’s Eight Month-Old-Plan 2001-09-04
• September 4, 2001: Counterterrorism ‘Tsar’ Clarke Memo: Imagine Hundreds of Dead Due to Government Inaction 2001-09-04
• September 4, 2001: Debate Heats Up Over Using Armed Predator Drone Against Bin Laden; Decision Again Delayed 2001-09-04
• Early June-September 10, 2001: Armed Drone Ready to Hit Bin Laden, but Bureacratic Concerns Prevent Its Use 2001-09-10
• August 16-September 10, 2001: FBI Fails to Brief NSC on Moussaoui, although this Is Standard Practice 2001-09-10
• Between August 6 and September 11, 2001: No High-Level Meetings to Discuss ‘Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US’ Memo 2001-09-11
• (Between 9:50-10:40 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Numerous False Reports of Terrorist Acts in Washington 2001-09-11
• (10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Returns to the Pentagon; Speaks to President Bush and Temporarily Joins White House Teleconference 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 10:02 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Counterterrorism Staffer Suggests Addressing the Public Using the ‘Emergency Alert System’ 2001-09-11
• (After 10:06 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Counterterrorism’ Tsar’ Clarke Told of Flight 93 Crash 2001-09-11
• (After 10:06 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Counterterrorism’ Tsar’ Clarke Updated on Fighter Situation, Told Flight 93 Still Headed toward Washington 2001-09-11
• 10:13 a.m. September 11, 2001: Washington Buildings Evacuate 2001-09-11
• (After 10:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Situation Room Staffers Are Alerted to a Supposed Hijacked Plane that Turns Out Not to Exist 2001-09-11
• (Shortly Before 12:30 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Richard Clarke Heads to White House Bunker; Told that Vice President Cheney Keeps Hanging up Clarke Telephone, and Cheney’s Wife is Interfering 2001-09-11
• (1:30 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Air Force One Leaves Louisiana; Flies to Nebraska 2001-09-11
• (3:15 p.m.) September 11, 2001: President Bush Meets with Top Officials via Video Conference Call 2001-09-11
• (After 4:15 p.m.) September 11, 2001: US Leaders Determine to Crush Taliban 2001-09-11
• (Between 8:27 a.m. and 8:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Ong Gives Flight 11 Details; Seating Accounts Differ 2001-09-11
• (8:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Some US Leaders Are Scattered; Others in D.C. 2001-09-11
• (Between 8:46 a.m. and 9:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Key Administration Officials Allegedly Think First Crash Is an Accident 2001-09-11
• Shortly Before 9:00 a.m. September 11, 2001: Acting Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Learns of First Crash from Television 2001-09-11
• (8:48 a.m.) September 11, 2001: National Communications System Coordinating Center Activated in Response to Attacks 2001-09-11
• (9:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Clarke Alerted to Crisis, Immediately Activates Interagency Group 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
• (Shortly After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: White House Officials Reportedly Converge on Vice President Cheney’s Office, but Accounts Conflict 2001-09-11
• (9:05 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Clarke, Cheney, and Rice Talk; Clarke Concludes that Al-Qaeda Is behind Attacks 2001-09-11
• (9:10 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Richard Clarke Directs Crisis Response through Video Conference with Top Officials 2001-09-11
• (9:10 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Cheney Apparently Goes to White House Bunker; Other Accounts Have Him Moving Locations Later 2001-09-11
• (9:15 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Richard Clarke Takes Charge of Video Conference; Condoleezza Rice Says She Is Heading to PEOC 2001-09-11
• (Between 9:15 a.m. and 9:25 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FAA Head Tells Richard Clarke-Led Videoconference that Flight 11 and 175 Were Hijacked 2001-09-11
• (9:15 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Transportation Secretary Mineta Arrives at White House and Is Briefed by Richard Clarke 2001-09-11
• 9:25 a.m. September 11, 2001: 9/11 Commission’s Conflicting Account of Clarke-Led Video Conference Begins at This Time 2001-09-11
• 9:28 a.m. September 11, 2001: Myers Updates Clarke Videoconference on Fighter Response 2001-09-11
• 9:28 a.m. September 11, 2001: NORAD Possibly Holding ‘Live-Fly’ Training Exercise 2001-09-11
• (9:29 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Clarke Orders US Embassies Closed and Military Bases to Raise Alert Level 2001-09-11
• (Between 9:30 a.m. and 9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Counterterrorism ‘Tsar’ Clarke Asks White House Bunker for Air Force One Fighter Escort and Shootdown Authorization 2001-09-11
• (9:33 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FAA Notifies Video Conference United 93 Is Suspected Hijack 2001-09-11
• (9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Counterterrorism ‘Tsar’ Clarke Learns of Aircraft Approaching White House 2001-09-11
• 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Feels Pentagon Shake When It Is Hit, Allegedly Thinks Bomb Has Gone Off 2001-09-11
• (Between 9:38 a.m. and 9:45 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Clarke Orders Combat Air Patrols over All Major Cities; Unclear Whether Order Is Passed On 2001-09-11
• (9:38 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Clarke Possibly Told to Pass on Shootdown Authorization, Earlier than Other Accounts Claim 2001-09-11
• (After 9:40 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Officials at White House Bothered by TV and Video Conference Technical Problems 2001-09-11
• (Between 9:45 a.m. and 9:56 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Richard Clarke Initiates Continuity of Government Plan 2001-09-11
• After 9:45 a.m. September 11, 2001: White House Situation Room Requests Gas Masks, but Receives Too Few of Them 2001-09-11
• (Between 9:45 a.m. and 9:56 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Clarke Informed that President Has Issued Shootdown Order, Earlier than Claimed by 9/11 Commission 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 9:45 a.m.) September 11, 2001: White House Situation Room Personnel Refuse to Evacuate and Compile a List of Their Names in Case They Are Killed 2001-09-11
• 9:49 a.m. September 11, 2001: Air Sovereignty Fighters Directed to ‘Battle Stations’ Nationwide 2001-09-11