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Events (88)
- June 10, 2000: Almihdhar Flies from San Diego to Germany; Return Date Unclear 2000-06-10
- Late October 2000-July 4, 2001: 9/11 Hijacker Almihdhar Travels around Middle East and Asia 2001-07-04
- September 4, 2001: Mueller Takes Over as FBI Director; Criticized for BCCI Investigation 2001-09-04
- (2:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Attorney General Ashcroft Spends Most of Day at FBI Crisis Management Center 2001-09-11
- (8:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Some US Leaders Are Scattered; Others in D.C. 2001-09-11
- Shortly After 8:48 a.m. September 11, 2001: FBI Director Mueller Learns about the Crash at the WTC but Doesn’t Realize It Is Terrorism 2001-09-11
- After 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: Head of the FBI’s New York Office Calls FBI Director Mueller and Requests Fighters 2001-09-11
- (Shortly After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FBI Activates Its Operations Center to Respond to the 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
- (Shortly After 9:15 a.m.) September 11, 2001: White House Lawyer Is Told What the Justice Department Knows about the Attacks 2001-09-11
- (9:16 a.m.-9:29 a.m.) September 11, 2001: President Bush Works on Speech with Staff; Makes No Decisions 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 14, 2001: FBI Director Caught in Whopper 2001-09-14
- September 15, 2001: Wolfowitz Suggests Striking Iraq Immediately; Bush Decides to Focus on Afghanistan First 2001-09-15
- September 16-23, 2001: Media Displays Confusion over Hijacker Identities 2001-09-16
- September 18-28, 2001: Scientist Briefly Investigated over Anthrax Threat 2001-09-18
- September 18, 2001-April 2007: Claims of an Atta-Iraqi Spy Meeting Are Repeatedly Asserted and Denied in Media 2001-09-18
- September 24, 2001-December 26, 2002: Identity of 9/11 Financier Constantly Changes 2001-09-24
- Shortly After October 5, 2001: White House Officials Pressure FBI to Prove Link between Anthrax Attacks and Al-Qaeda 2001-10-05
- October 9, 2001: FBI Agents Told to Curtail 9/11 Investigation and Focus on Preventing Future Attacks 2001-10-09
- January 22-25, 2002: India Tells FBI Director About Saeed Sheikh Connection to 9/11 2002-01-22
- April 19, 2002: FBI Director Improbably Claims Hijacker Computer Use Offered No Evidence 2002-04-19
- May 8, 2002: FBI Could Not Have Foreseen 9/11, Declares FBI Director Mueller 2002-05-08
- May 20-24, 2002: Flurry of Government Terrorist Warnings Given at Politically Suspicious Time 2002-05-20
- May 21, 2002: FBI Whistleblower Reveals Slip-Ups in Moussaoui Arrest before 9/11 2002-05-21
- June 4, 2002: President Bush Acknowledges Agencies Made Mistakes, Continues to Insist that 9/11 Could Not Have Been Prevented 2002-06-04
- June 6, 2002: FBI Director Mueller: FBI Whistleblower Correct in Some Assessments of Bureau’s Rigidity, Lack of Responsiveness 2002-06-06
- June 6, 2002: FBI Whistleblower Says FBI Is Overwhelmed with Paperwork, ‘Roadblocks’ to Investigations 2002-06-06
- June 18, 2002: FBI Director Mueller Maintains 9/11 Attacks Could Not Have Been Prevented 2002-06-18
- After August 1, 2002: FBI Director Mueller Prevents Criminal Probe of Media Leaks in Anthrax Attacks Investigation 2002-08-01
- August 2, 2002: Ryan Sworn in as US Attorney for Northern California 2002-08-02
- September 25, 2002: FBI Director Mueller Denies Moussaoui Leads Could Have Prevented 9/11 2002-09-25
- October 18, 2002: Mueller Describes Continuum Between Dissenters and Terrorists 2002-10-18
- October 18, 2002: Ashcroft Invokes ‘State-Secrets Privilege’ to Prevent FBI Whistleblower’s Suit from Being Heard in Court 2002-10-18
- January 10, 2003: Government Employees Responsible for 9/11 Failures Are Rewarded and Promoted 2003-01-10
- February 7-13, 2003: Orange Alert Causes Duct Tape and Plastic Sheeting Buying Panic 2003-02-07
- February 25, 2003: Senate Report Finds FBI, Justice Department Misuse FISA 2003-02-25
- February 26, 2003: Whistleblower Believes FBI Not Prepared for New Terrorist Threats 2003-02-26
- March 14, 2003: Ranking Senate Intelligence Committee Member Asks for FBI Investigation of Forged Iraq-Niger Documents 2003-03-14
- After June 2, 2003-December 2003: FBI Superiors Vow to Fire Wright 2003-06-02
- July 24, 2003: 9/11 Congressional Inquiry Suggests Hijackers Received Considerable Assistance Inside US 2003-07-24
- July 24, 2003: Democratic Senator Asks FBI to Investigate Plame Wilson Leak 2003-07-24
- December 17-21, 2003: 9/11 Commission Chairman Says 9/11 Attacks Were Preventable 2003-12-17
- March 9, 2004: Cheney Leads Internal Battle for Approval of Warrantless Wiretapping Program 2004-03-09
- March 10-12, 2004: Gonzales, Card Attempt to Pressure Hospitalized Ashcroft to Approve Secret Wiretapping Program 2004-03-10
- March 10, 2004: Cheney Briefs ‘Gang of Eight’ Congressional Leaders on Warrantless Wiretapping Program; Reportedly Misleads Them 2004-03-10
- March 12, 2004 and After: Bush Authorizes Incremental Changes in Secret Wiretapping Program 2004-03-12
- April 14, 2004: 9/11 Commission Fails to Ask FBI Director Mueller about Pre-9/11 Failings at Public Hearing 2004-04-14
- May 13, 2004: FBI Director Forbids Agents from Participating in ‘Brutal’ CIA Interrogations, Press Learns 2004-05-13
- May 17-18, 2004: Ashcroft Warns of ‘Immediate Attack’: Announcement Follows Bad News from Iraq 2004-05-17