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Complete 911 Timeline

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  1. January 2004 and Shortly After: Detainees Subjected to Second Round of Interrogations to Answer 9/11 Commission’s Questions
  2. January 2004: Zelikow Tries to Have 9/11 Commission Back Contentious Link between Iraq and Al-Qaeda
  3. January 2004: 9/11 Commission’s Zelikow Backs Down on Allegations of Connections between Iraq and Al-Qaeda
  4. January 2004: 9/11 Commission’s Zelikow Rewrites Staff Reports, Wants to Read them All at Hearings
  5. Mid-January 1995: Bojinka Plotter’s Confession Helps to Reveal KSM’s Importance
  6. January 2005: Documents Show US Knows Location of Al-Qaeda Camps and Leaders in Pakistan
  7. January 2007: CIA Prevents Justice Department Investigators from Talking to Abu Zubaida
  8. January-February 2007: Former CIA Bin Laden Unit Chief Considered for Baghdad Station, but Is Rejected
  9. January 2008: Consular Officer Who Issued 12 Visas to 9/11 Hijackers Becomes Board Member of American Foreign Service Association
  10. January 2011: US Special Forces Begin Planning for Raid on Bin Laden’s Abbottabad Compound
  11. Shortly After January 12-March 2002: Facing International Pressure, Pakistan Arrests 3,000 Militants, Then Quietly Releases Them
  12. Mid-January 2000: CIA Asks NSA to Pass on New Information about Hijacker Almihdhar, but NSA Fails to Do So
  13. January 15-February 2000: Suspected Advance Man Al-Bayoumi Helps 9/11 Hijackers Settle in San Diego
  14. Spring 2003 and After: Spanish Police Increase Surveillance of Madrid Bombers
  15. January 2003: Study: Bush Vetoed Spending for Measures Critical for National Security
  16. (January 25-Early March, 2001): Atta and Alshehhi Move to Georgia and Attend Flight School
  17. January 1985: Treasury Secretary Regan Reads ‘Dynamite’ CIA Report on BCCI Crimes, But Takes No Action
  18. January 1990: Al-Qaeda Operative El-Hage Linked to Murder of Liberal Imam in Arizona
  19. January 1992-Summer 1993: Texas Arrest Could Help Investigators Link WTC Bombers to Bin Laden
  20. January 1993: Cheney Releases New Global Domination Strategy
  21. January 1993: Confession Exposes Hamas Fundraising in US
  22. January 1995: US Officially Declares Hamas a Terrorist Organization
  23. January 1995-April 1996: FBI and Treasury Cancel Raid on Suspected Charity
  24. January 1995: Ali Mohamed Gets Defense Contractor Job without Proper Security Clearance
  25. January 1996: Squad Uniting Prosecutors and FBI Agents Begins Focusing on Bin Laden
  26. January 1996: Muslim Extremists Plan Suicide Attack on White House
  27. January 1997: Mystery Informant Confirms Al-Qaeda’s Inner Workings
  28. January 1997: Reporter Sees Radical London Imam Bakri Leading British Training Camp
  29. January-August 1998: Saudi Businessman Pays Money to Al-Qaeda Front
  30. January 1998-April 2001: Arms Dealer Victor Bout Sells Airplanes to Taliban
  31. January 1998: Radical London Imam Abu Hamza Says He Wants to Inspire a ‘Generation of Jihadis’
  32. January 1998: CIA Aware of Al-Qaeda Meeting Planning Future Attacks
  33. January 1998: US Intercepts Communications between 3 Al-Qaeda Agents in US, but Fails to Stop Their Plot
  34. (January 1998-2001): Movie about Cyber-Terrorism Being Produced that Will Include Boeing 767 Crashing in New York
  35. January 1999: Yemen Requests Extradition of Leading Militant, Britain Refuses
  36. January 1999-July 2001: Islamist Militants and Indonesian Military Kill Thousands in Remote Indonesian Province
  37. January 1999: US Air Defense Mission Rated ‘Outstanding’ in Inspections
  38. January 1999: Alleged British Terrorists Confess to Crimes, Say Confessions Obtained by Torture
  39. Spring 2001: Arab Man in Texas Offered Money to Take Flying Lessons; Later Claims to Recognize 9/11 Hijacker
  40. January 1993 and After: Bosnian Muslims Sometimes Shell Sarajevo Airport that They Control
  41. Summer 2001: FAA Participates in Exercise Based around Hijacking of a Boeing 767
  42. Summer 2001: FBI Internal Report Highlights Lack of Resources for Counterterrorism but Ashcroft Denies More Funding
  43. Summer 2001: Hijackers Have ‘a Great Time’ Riding Scooters on Florida Beaches
  44. February 2000: Fear of Airborne Terror Attack Keeps Air Defense Chief ‘Awake at Night’
  45. February 2000: CIA Rejects Foreign Request for Involvement with Almihdhar Due to Own Investigation
  46. February-August 2000: 9/11 Hijackers Alhazmi and Almihdhar Have Closed-Door Meetings with Al-Qaeda Imam in San Diego
  47. February-Summer 2000: Saudi 9/11 Hijackers Leave Home
  48. February 4-Mid-May 2000: Hijackers Alhazmi and Almihdhar Live Openly in San Diego
  49. February 2000-Early September 2001: San Diego Neighbors to 9/11 Hijackers See Mysterious Late Night Visits and Car Rides
  50. Between February and September 2000: Malaysian Intelligence Stops Monitoring Al-Qaeda Summit Location, at CIA’s Request