Vincent Cannistraro
Events (30)
- Shortly After April 9, 1994: Bin Laden Family Publicly Disowns Osama 1994-04-09
- May 22, 1998: Clinton Creates Counterterrorism ‘Tsar’ Post; Selects Richard Clarke 1998-05-22
- May 28, 1998: Bin Laden Wants to Use Missiles Against US Aircraft; Possibly Given Doctored Phone Battery 1998-05-28
- (7:25 a.m.-7:36 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Remaining Three Flight 77 Hijackers Check in at Airport; Allowed to Board despite Security Checkpoint Problems 2001-09-11
- October 25, 2001: Afghan Resistance Leader Killed 2001-10-25
- Before March 28, 2002: ’Vast Majority’ of Al-Qaeda Leader’s Contacts Are Already under Surveillance 2002-03-28
- February 7-13, 2003: Orange Alert Causes Duct Tape and Plastic Sheeting Buying Panic 2003-02-07
- July 2002-March 19, 2003: Intelligence Groups Refute Bush Claim of Iraqi Ties to al-Qaeda 2003-03-19
- October 3, 2003: Revelation of CIA Front Company Causes Potential Widespread Damage to US Intelligence Gathering Efforts 2003-10-03
- October 11, 2003: Plame Wilson Identity Leak Constitutes Serious Security Breach, CIA Officials Say 2003-10-11
- October 23-24, 2003: Former, Current CIA Agents Testify to Seriousness of Plame Wilson Outing 2003-10-23
- April 3, 2005: Former CIA Operative Suggests Tie Between Michael Ledeen and Forged Niger Documents 2005-04-03
- February 6, 2006: CIA Counterterrorism Chief Removed from Position; Opposition to Torture May Have Impelled Removal 2006-02-06
- July 2005: Italian Parliament Allegedly Names Chalabi, Bush Administration Allies as Likely Niger Document Forgers; Report Denied by Italian Officials, Press
- September-November 1998: Saudi Government Does Not Give US Access to Captured Al-Qaeda Financial Chief
- December 2003: Journalist Discredits Neoconservative Conspiracy Theorist about Iraq-9/11 Connections
- 1996-1997 and After: Bin Laden’s Brother-in-Law Khalifa Said to Fund Al-Qaeda Linked Group in Yemen
- Late 1990s-2001 and Possibly After: Plame-Wilson Uses Brewster Jennings as CIA Cover
- Mid-July 2005: GOP Congressmen Meet with Iranian Disinformation Peddlers, Advance Unsupported Allegations of Iranian Terror Plans
- Summer 2004: Former Counterterrorism Chief Debunks Ties between Iraq, 9/11, and ‘93 WTC Attacks
- Summer 2003: Nearly Half of Remaining US Spies and Commandos in Afghanistan Sent to Iraq
- 2001: Curveball Has Some Connections to Iraqi National Congress
- After May 2003: US Officials Challenge Bush Administration Claims that Iraq Sought Ties with Militant Islamic Groups
- October 2002: Former CIA Official Says CIA Analysts Are Upset About Use of Cooked Intelligence
- November 1999: Curveball Seeks Asylum in Germany; Tells Germans that Iraq is Developing Biological Weapons Laboratories
- September 2002: ’Office of Special Plans’ Created; ‘Stovepipes’ Questionable Intelligence Reports to Office of Vice President
- (Summer 2006): Nine US Officials Say They Believe Forged Niger Documents Were Part of Covert Operation
- December 2004: White House Reportedly Gives Pentagon Permission to Operate Unilaterally in Some Countries; Could Possibly Conduct ‘Terrorist Activities’
- January 2005: US and Israel Set Up Front Companies in Iran for Purpose of Funneling Money, Weapons, and Operatives into the Country
- February 2007: Iranian Defense Minister Defects; Tells of Nuclear Weapons Program Shutdown