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Complete 911 Timeline

7279 events in this timeline

Open-Content investigative project managed by matt, Paul, KJF, blackmax

This is the home page for the Complete 911 Timeline investigative project, one of several grassroots investigations being hosted on the History Commons website. The data published as part of this investigation has been collected, organized, and published by members of the public who are registered users of this website.

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  1. January 2000: Former President Bush Meets with Bin Laden Family on Behalf of Carlyle Group
  2. January-October 2000: Al-Qaeda Hamburg Cell Member Essabar Attends Afghan Training Camp and Fails to Get US Visa
  3. January-May 2000: CIA Has Atta Under Surveillance in Germany
  4. Late January 2000: CIA Faces Legal Barriers Helping Warlord Who Wants to Kill Bin Laden
  5. January-May 2000: Hijacker Associate Al-Bayoumi Frequently Calls Saudi Government Officials
  6. January-March 2000: ’50 to 60’ CIA Officers Learn of Hijackers’ Travel, but They Are Not Watchlisted and FBI Not Told They Are in US
  7. January 2000: Indonesian Government Mole Attends Regional Meeting of Militants Led by Hambali
  8. Early January 2000: KSM Spends Week with Hijackers Alhazmi and Almihdhar at Site of Al-Qaeda Malaysia Summit
  9. January-April 2000: US and Germany Fail to Discover Militant’s Links to 9/11 Plot Despite Arrests
  10. January 2000: Israeli Spy Ring Begins Penetrating US
  11. Early January 2000: 9/11 Hijackers Alhazmi and Almihdhar Given Mysterious Contact Address in US
  12. January 2000: Musharraf Unwiling to Act on Zubaida, Who Is Living Openly in Pakistan
  13. January 1-April 1995: Four Month Truce in Bosnia War
  14. January-August 2001: Airlines Receive FAA Warnings, But Later Claim They Were Given No Real Hints of Possible Terrorist Attacks
  15. Late January 2001: US Intelligence Told to Back Off from Bin Laden and Saudis
  16. January-June 2001: 9/11 Hijackers Pass Through Britain for Training or Fundraising
  17. January 2001: CIA Report on USSColeBombing Only Finds Circumstantial Evidence of Bin Laden Link, Fails to Mention Some Connections
  18. January 2001: Counterterrorism Chief Clarke Meets Senior FBI Agents and Warns Them about Al-Qaeda
  19. Between January and February 2001: Atta and Alshehhi Allegedly Practice Nighttime Landings at Clearwater Airpark
  20. January-February 2001: Flight School’s Repeated Warnings About Hijacker Hanjour Ignored by FAA
  21. January 2001: High Ranking Official Refuses to Hear about Able Danger
  22. January 2001 and after: Security Services Increase Surveillance of Jemaah Islamiyah after Bombing Campaign
  23. January 2001: Death of Operative Puts New FBI Focus on Boston Cell
  24. January 2001-Summer 2001: 9/11 Hijackers Witnessed Preparing False IDs in Toronto Photocopy Shop with Al-Marabh
  25. Early January 2001: Al-Qaeda Threat Highlighted for Powell
  26. January 2001: Interagency Group Urges Increased Protection of Federal Buildings in Manhattan
  27. January-March 2001: FBI Agent Wright Told to ‘Let Sleeping Dogs Lie’ Regarding Terrorism Financing Investigation
  28. January-March 2001: CIA Director, National Security Counsel Briefed on Able Danger
  29. January 2001-Summer 2001: Hijackers Live in Toronto Apartment Building with Al-Marabh
  30. January 2001: Future 9/11 Commission Executive Director Zelikow Not Offered Full-time Job with Bush Administration, Returns to University
  31. January-April 2002: FBI Gives Control of Al-Qaeda Prisoners to CIA; Bush Rejects Law Enforcement Approach
  32. Late September 2001: Bank and Businessman with Saudi Diplomatic Passport Still Funds Al-Qaeda
  33. January 2002: FBI Aborts Investigation into Suspected Al-Qaeda Sleeper Cell in California
  34. January 2002: Giuliani Partners Opens for Business; Earns over $100 Million in Next Five Years
  35. January 2002: Central Asian Countries See US Military Bases Expand
  36. Between December 2001 and February 2002: Manager at FAA’s New York Center Destroys Tape of Controller’s 9/11 Accounts
  37. January 2002: Rove: Republicans Can Win Elections on Issue of Winning War against Terror
  38. Late 2001: Neighbors’ Tips Leads to First Al-Qaeda Arrests in Pakistan
  39. Early January 2002: Some Top Taliban Leaders Surrender Then Are Released
  40. January 2003: FBI Informers Film Bin Laden Associate Making Compromising Statements
  41. January-July 2003: Bush Administration Delays Release of 9/11 Congressional Inquiry Report until after Start of Iraq War
  42. January 2004: Nabil al-Marabh Mysteriously Deported to Syria
  43. January 2004: Staffers Appalled at Zelikow’s Rewrite of 9/11 Commission Statement to Imply Connections between Iraq and Al-Qaeda
  44. Early January 2004: Able Danger Intelligence Officer Tries Contacting 9/11 Commission
  45. Early 2004: Weldon Fails to Convince 9/11 Commission to Look into Data Mining Programs
  46. January 2004: DNA Tests Indicate Hijackers Could Be Middle Eastern or European
  47. January-June 2004: 9/11 Commission Staffer Discovers Material Possibly Linking Iran to 9/11 Figures Unnoticed in NSA Archives
  48. January 2004: Lone 9/11 Commission Staffer Decides to Read Though Small Portion of Ignored NSA Material Herself
  49. January 2004: White House Refuses to Allow 9/11 Commission Access to Additional Presidential Daily Briefs despite Deal, Commission Hires Lawyer to Draft Subpoena
  50. January 2004: US Not Advertising Reward Program in Pakistan Where Most Al-Qaeda Leaders Are Hiding; Program Not Fixed Later