Secret Service

Events (160)

• (6:54 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Secret Service Emergency Response Team Told to Pull Back When President’s Helicopter Lands at the White House 2001-09-11
• 8:30 a.m. September 11, 2001: Preparations Underway for IMF/World Bank Meeting in Washington, DC 2001-09-11
• 8:30 a.m. September 11, 2001: Preparations Underway in New York for UN General Assembly 2001-09-11
• (8:45 a.m.-9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Secret Service Does Not Use Its Stinger Missiles to Protect New York and Washington 2001-09-11
• (After 8:46 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FAA Establishes Open Telephone Line with the Secret Service 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 8:48 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Vice President Cheney’s Lead Secret Service Agent Sees TV Coverage of Crash at the WTC and Alerts Colleagues 2001-09-11
• (8:48 a.m.-9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Vice President’s Wife Lynne Cheney Learns of Crashes at the WTC While at Hair Salon, but Is Not Evacuated 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 8:48 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Sheriffs with President Bush’s Secret Service Detail Unaware of Crash at the WTC 2001-09-11
• (After 8:48 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Secret Service Agent Responsible for President’s Security Sees TV Coverage of Crash at the WTC and Calls Colleagues to Office for Meeting 2001-09-11
• (8:50 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Secret Service Agent Outside Cheney’s Office Learns Plane that Hit WTC Is Passenger Jet 2001-09-11
• (8:50 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FAA Establishes Phone Bridges, Including with the Military, Earlier than Claimed by 9/11 Commission 2001-09-11
• (8:56 a.m.-9:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: President Bush’s Secret Service Agents Have a Poor Awareness of the Attacks on the WTC 2001-09-11
• (9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: WTC Building 7 Evacuated 2001-09-11
• Shortly After 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: Secret Service Learns of Additional Suspicious Planes, but Vice President’s Agents Supposedly Not Alerted 2001-09-11
• 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: President Bush’s Security Agents Watch Second WTC Crash on Television; Bush Continues with Photo-Op 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Secret Service Activates Crisis Center to Coordinate Response to Attacks 2001-09-11
• (After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Secret Service Agent Establishes Open Line with FAA 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
• (After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Secret Service Wants Fighters Scrambled from Andrews; None Are Ready to Fly 2001-09-11
• (9:04 a.m.-9:33 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Members of Bush’s Entourage Are Concerned about the Vulnerability of the President While He Is at the School 2001-09-11
• (9:04 a.m.-9:55 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Security around Air Force One Increased amid Fears that Plane May Be a Terrorist Target 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 9:04 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Secret Service Notifies FAA that It Wants Fighters Launched; Message Relayed to Air Force Base near Washington 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
• (Between 9:05 a.m. and 9:32 a.m.) September 11, 2001: DC Air National Guard Officer Calls Secret Service, Told It Does Not Need Help 2001-09-11
• (9:06 a.m.) September 11, 2001: President Bush Told WTC Hit Again and US Is Under Attack; He Continues Photo-Op 2001-09-11
• (9:07 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Secret Service Contacts Army ‘Collapse Team’ and Requests Help 2001-09-11
• (9:07 a.m.) September 11, 2001: First Lady Begins Journey from White House to Capitol Hill, Unaware of Second Crash at WTC 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
• (9:14 a.m.) September 11, 2001: First Lady Learns of Second Crash at WTC, Realizes It Is Terrorism 2001-09-11
• (9:15 a.m.) September 11, 2001: DC Air National Guard Intelligence Officer Unable to Obtain Information on Crisis 2001-09-11
• 9:16 a.m.-9:40 a.m. September 11, 2001: First Lady Arrives at Senate Office Building, Spends Time with Senators Kennedy and Gregg 2001-09-11
• (Between 9:16 a.m. and 9:29 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Secret Service Still Does Not Evacuate Bush From School, Allegedly at the President’s Insistence 2001-09-11
• (After 9:18 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Secret Service Increases Security around the White House 2001-09-11
• (9:18 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Senior Secret Service Agents Meet and Discuss Security Enhancements at the White House 2001-09-11
• (9:20 a.m.) September 11, 2001: White House Begins Slowly Evacuating 2001-09-11
• (9:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Who Warns Who of Flight 77’s Impending Approach to D.C.? 2001-09-11
• (After 9:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Secret Service Finally Rushes President Bush Out of School 2001-09-11
• (9:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Office of Emergency Management Command Center Is Evacuated; Exact Time Is Unclear 2001-09-11
• (9:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Vice President Cheney’s Lead Secret Service Agent Heads to the West Wing and Discusses Crisis with Colleagues 2001-09-11
• (9:33 a.m.-9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Smooth Flight Path Indicates No Loss of Control on Flight 77 2001-09-11
• (9:33 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Dulles Airport Supervisor Notifies Secret Service of Aircraft Approaching the White House 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 9:33 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Secret Service Evacuates Lynne Cheney from Hair Salon, but Changes Destination following Pentagon Attack 2001-09-11
• (9:33 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Reagan Airport Informs Secret Service about Aircraft Approaching the White House, but Cheney Reportedly Not Evacuated 2001-09-11
• (9:34 a.m.) September 11, 2001: President Bush Leaves Booker Elementary School for Sarasota Airport, Initially Heading in Wrong Direction; Possible Threat En Route 2001-09-11
• (Between 9:35 a.m. and 9:43 a.m.) September 11, 2001: White House Chief of Staff Possibly Learns of Threat to Air Force One 2001-09-11
• (9:35 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Secret Service Agents Respond to Attacks in Crisis Center, but Are Hindered by Conflicting Information 2001-09-11
• (9:35 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Secret Service, Concerned about Aircraft Approaching the White House, Orders Evacuation of Vice President Cheney 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 9:35 a.m.) September 11, 2001: DC Air National Guard Officer Receives Call from Secret Service at White House, Requesting Armed Fighters 2001-09-11
• (Between 9:35 a.m. and 9:43 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Secret Service Is Worried that President Bush Could Be Attacked on His Way to the Airport 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 9:35 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Senior Secret Service Agent Tells Colleague about Suspicious Plane Approaching Washington 2001-09-11