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Complete 911 Timeline

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