Thomas Pickard
Events (17)
- August 22, 2000: Memo Claims FBI Lacks Strategy to Prevent Terrorist Attacks 2000-08-22
- May 1, 2001: FBI Director Louis Freeh Announces Resignation 2001-05-01
- May 10, 2001: Attorney General Ashcroft Omits Counterterrorism from List of Goals 2001-05-10
- June 28, 2001: Attorney General Ashcroft Not Very Interested in Terrorism in First Briefing from Acting FBI Director 2001-06-28
- July 2, 2001: FBI Warns Law Enforcement Agencies of Possible Al-Qaeda Attacks; Little Action Results 2001-07-02
- July 12, 2001: Ashcroft Reportedly Uninterested in Terrorism 2001-07-12
- July 12, 2001: Acting FBI Director Prevented by CIA from Telling Attorney General Ashcroft about Al-Qaeda Malaysia Summit 2001-07-12
- July 18, 2001: Attorney General Ashcroft Says FBI Budget Will Be Cut, including Counterterrorism 2001-07-18
- July 19, 2001: FBI Director Tells Field Offices to Be Ready to Respond to New Attack but Not to Prevent It 2001-07-19
- August 19, 2001: FBI’s Best Al-Qaeda Expert Under Investigation for Trivial Issue, His Retirement Soon Follows 2001-08-19
- September 4, 2001: Mueller Takes Over as FBI Director; Criticized for BCCI Investigation 2001-09-04
- August 16-September 10, 2001: FBI Fails to Inform Own Director of Moussaoui Case 2001-09-10
- 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
- (Shortly After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FBI Activates Its Operations Center to Respond to the Attacks 2001-09-11
- September 12, 2001: British Intelligence Chiefs Fly to US; Delegation Visits CIA and Advises to Concentrate on Afghanistan, Not Iraq 2001-09-12
- Summer 2001: FBI Internal Report Highlights Lack of Resources for Counterterrorism but Ashcroft Denies More Funding
- September 12-Late September, 2001: FBI Agent Disgusted about Information CIA Hid from Him that Could Have Stopped 9/11 Attacks