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Events (35)

• March 20, 2001: Rumsfeld Begins Transformation of Defense Department 2001-03-20
• (8:50 a.m.-Shortly After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Director of Operations of the Joint Staff Does Not Go to NMCC after Learning of WTC Crash; Keeps Dental Appointment Instead 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
• (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
• 12:05 p.m. September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Finds Evidence of Al-Qaeda Role Not Good Enough 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
• Shortly After 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: Pentagon’s Executive Support Center Goes into Operation, But Rumsfeld Not Present 2001-09-11
• Shortly Before 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Senior Officials Reject the Possibility of Evacuating the Pentagon 2001-09-11
• 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Pentagon’s ‘War Room’ Doesn’t Realize Building Has Been Hit, Despite Hearing Explosion 2001-09-11
• (9:38 a.m.-10:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Senior Officials Unable to Contact Defense Secretary Rumsfeld 2001-09-11
• 9:53 p.m. September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld’s Assistant Notes that Three 9/11 Hijackers Were Followed by CIA since 2000 2001-09-11
• Between 9:03 a.m. and 9:35 a.m. September 11, 2001: Rumsfeld Aides Discuss Pentagon as Possible Target 2001-09-11
• June 21, 2002: Pentagon Slips New Undersecretary Position into Defense Authorization Bill 2002-06-21
• February 4, 2003: Bush Announces Nomination of New Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence 2003-02-04
• March 7, 2003: Senate Confirms Controversial New Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence 2003-03-07
• June 5, 2003: Generals, CPA Administrator Deny Leadership Role in Finding Iraqi WMD 2003-06-05
• November 5, 2003: Democratic 9/11 Commissioner Hamilton Makes Last-Ditch Bid to Avert Pentagon Subpoena 2003-11-05
• April 7, 2004: Pentagon Undersecretary Tells Congress Military’s Intelligence Capabilities Will Be Transformed 2004-04-07
• February 15, 2006: Second Congressional Hearing Held on Able Danger; Former Members Testify 2006-02-15
• December 31, 2006: Top Rumsfeld Aide Cambone Resigns 2006-12-31
• December 8-9, 2007: Conservative Security Expert Supports Iran NIE 2007-12-08
• February 12, 2009: Documents Show Prisoners Tortured to Death by US Forces in Afghanistan and Iraq 2009-02-12
• March 2001: Senior Military Officials Informed of Able Danger Program
• Late March 2003 and After: ’Off-the-Books’ Team Sent to Iraq to Find WMD for ‘Political’ Purpose
• September 2000: Neoconservative Think Tank Writes ‘Blueprint’ for ‘Global Pax Americana’
• November-December 2000: Able Danger Stops Data Collection and Moves into Operational Phase
• Early 2001: Top Military Leaders Attend Briefings on Able Danger
• Early 2005: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Cancels Mission to Capture Al-Zawahiri in Pakistan
• Fall 2002 and After: Vice President Cheney’s Power Peaks as He Uses Bureaucratic Strategies to Manage Foreign Policy Himself
• Late 2005: Pentagon Refuses to Adopt Proposal Directing Military to Observe Geneva Convention Article
• Mid-July 2001: Pentagon Official Suggests to CIA Director Tenet that Al-Qaeda Is Just ‘Phantom Enemy’
• January 2001: Think Tank Argues for More Efficient Nuclear Arsenal
• October 2001-April 2002: Pentagon Establishes Secret Unit for Conducting Covert Missions Previously Run by CIA
• December 2004: White House Reportedly Gives Pentagon Permission to Operate Unilaterally in Some Countries; Could Possibly Conduct ‘Terrorist Activities’
• January 2005: Pentagon Issues New Guidelines for Reporting Covert Operations to Congress