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Events (69)

• August 14, 1998: Richard Myers Becomes New NORAD Commander 1998-08-14
• Between August 15, 1998 and February 22, 2000: NORAD Radar System and Control Software Inadequate, Commander Finds 1998-08-15
• November 6, 1999: NORAD Conducts Exercise Scenario Based around Hijackers Planning to Crash Plane into UN Headquarters in New York 1999-11-06
• June 5, 2000: NORAD Exercise Simulates Hijackers Planning to Crash Planes into White House and Statue of Liberty 2000-06-05
• October 16-23, 2000: NORAD Exercise Includes Scenarios of Attempted Suicide Plane Crashes into UN Headquarters in New York 2000-10-16
• January 30, 2001: First National Security Council Meeting Focuses on Iraq and Israel, Not Terrorism 2001-01-30
• February 1, 2001: Rumsfeld Wants to Get Rid of Hussein in Iraq; Envisions Iraq After Hussein Is Gone 2001-02-01
• July 3, 2001: Rare Discussion Takes Place Between National Security Advisers on Terrorism 2001-07-03
• August 24, 2001: Former Head of Space Command Appointed as Chairman of Joint Chiefs 2001-08-24
• (Shortly After 10:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Shelton Talks to Vice Chairman Myers, Updated on Military’s Actions 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
• (10:10 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Military Put on High Alert 2001-09-11
• 10:17 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA Representative Finally Joins NMCC Teleconference after Long Delay 2001-09-11
• (10:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Works on Rules of Engagement for Fighter Pilots, Too Late to Be of Any Use 2001-09-11
• 10:30 p.m. September 11, 2001: Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman Myers Holds a ‘War Council’ with the Senior Directors of the Joint Staff 2001-09-11
• (Between 9:55 a.m. and 10:25 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Acting Joint Chiefs Chairman Myers Finally Enters NMCC; Prior Whereabouts Disputed 2001-09-11
• (11:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Pentagon Officials Participate in a Teleconference with Other Government Agencies and Discuss Rules of Engagement for Fighters 2001-09-11
• 12:00 p.m. September 11, 2001: Defense Intelligence Agency Director Says Al-Qaeda Responsible for Attacks 2001-09-11
• (After 12:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Oxygen Level Is Found to Be Dangerously Low in the Pentagon Command Center 2001-09-11
• (Before 12:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Asks What the Enemy Could Do Next 2001-09-11
• After 12:19 p.m. September 11, 2001: Crash Witness Confirms to Defense Secretary Rumsfeld that a Commercial Aircraft Hit the Pentagon 2001-09-11
• 12:19 p.m. September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman Myers Relocate to the Executive Support Center 2001-09-11
• 12:40 p.m. September 11, 2001: Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman Myers Updates Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and Informs Him of the Final Rules of Engagement for Fighters 2001-09-11
• (Between 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman Myers Visit the Pentagon Crash Site 2001-09-11
• 5:40 p.m. September 11, 2001: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Shelton Arrives at Pentagon Command Center after Returning to US 2001-09-11
• 6:30 p.m. September 11, 2001: Deputies Committee Holds a Teleconference to Discuss the US Response to the Attacks 2001-09-11
• 7:15 a.m. September 11, 2001: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Shelton Takes Off for NATO Meeting in Hungary 2001-09-11
• (8:00 a.m.-8:50 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Rumsfeld Holds Breakfast Meeting at Pentagon; Key Military Figures Present 2001-09-11
• (After 8:46 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Joint Chiefs of Staff’s Crisis Team Activated at the Pentagon 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
• (9:03 a.m.-9:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NORAD Commander Eberhart Sees the Second Crash on TV but Does Not Immediately Go to NORAD’s Operations Center 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Acting Chairman Myers Learns of Second Attack but Does Not Head Back to Pentagon; Reports Are Contradictory 2001-09-11
• (9:10 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Richard Clarke Directs Crisis Response through Video Conference with Top Officials 2001-09-11
• 9:28 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
• (9:33 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FAA Notifies Video Conference United 93 Is Suspected Hijack 2001-09-11
• (9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Myers Speaks to NORAD Commander 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Myers Learns of Pentagon Attack; Heads Back to Pentagon 2001-09-11
• After 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Deputy Defense Secretary Wolfowitz Leaves the Pentagon but Then Returns and Goes to the Command Center 2001-09-11
• 9:46 a.m. September 11, 2001: NMCC Teleconference Still Looking to Include Rumsfeld and Myers 2001-09-11
• (Between 9:50 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Myers Wants Clarification of Rules of Engagement for Fighter Pilots; Clarke Wants This Issued Promptly 2001-09-11
• 9:58 a.m. September 11, 2001: Fighters to New York City Possibly Scrambled 56 Minutes Late, According to Mayor Giuliani and Early Reports 2001-09-11
• September 13, 2001: Air Force General Gives Inaccurate Account of Fighter Response during Attacks 2001-09-13
• September 14, 2001: Officials Deny Flight 93 Shot Down 2001-09-14
• September 14, 2001: Account of Fighter Response Times Changes Significantly 2001-09-14
• September 15, 2001-April 6, 2002: Bush Shifts Public Focus from Bin Laden to Iraq 2001-09-15
• October 17, 2001: JCS Chairman Myers Says He Hadn’t Thought of 9/11-Type Scenario 2001-10-17
• February 24, 2002: US General Visits Niger; Finds No Evidence that Uranium Could be Diverted to Iraq 2002-02-24
• March 10, 2002: Joint Chiefs Chairman Downplays Meaning of Secret ‘Nuclear Posture Review’ 2002-03-10
• April 4, 2002: Head of US Military States ‘The Goal Has Never Been to Get bin Laden’ 2002-04-04