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Complete 911 Timeline

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  1. March, 2000: Possible Plot Against Sydney Olympics Foiled; Afghan Suspects May Be Linked to Bin Laden
  2. March 2000: US Intelligence Learns Al-Qaeda May Attack West Coast
  3. March 2001 and After: Hijackers Continue to Associate with Al-Qaeda-Linked Imam
  4. March 2001: Former Air Traffic Controler Offered Position of National Operations Manager; Only Begins Job on September 11
  5. March 2001: Senior Military Officials Informed of Able Danger Program
  6. March 2001: Bin Laden Targets Passenger Planes at Chicago Airport
  7. (March 2001): Assessment for President Bush Identifies Pakistan as ‘Highest Risk’ in Nuclear Proliferation
  8. (December 2000-March 2001): Some 9/11 Hijackers Record Videos in Afghanistan Pledging Martyrdom
  9. March-August 2001: 9/11 Hijacker Atta Familiarizes Himself with Flying Crop-Duster Planes
  10. March-April 2001: Taliban Envoy Comes to US and Meets with High-Ranking Officials about Handing over Bin Laden
  11. March-May 2001: FAA Briefs Airports on Security; They Cite, Then Dismiss Possibility of Planes as Weapons
  12. Mid-March 2001: Hijackers Meet with ID Forger
  13. (March 2001): US Holds Intelligence Summit on Terrorist Threat
  14. March 2001: Regional Expert Sees Continuing Close Ties Between the CIA and ISI
  15. March 2001: Italians Advise US about Al-Qaeda Wiretaps
  16. Spring and Summer 2001: Self-Proclaimed Intelligence Agent Warns of Terrorist Attacks in New York
  17. March-April 2001: Al-Qaeda Defector Describes Plot to Hijack US Airplane
  18. March 2001: Justice Department Investigation Finds FISA Applications Are Misleading
  19. Early March 2001: Bush Administration Not Ready to Give CIA Expanded Authority to Assassinate Bin Laden
  20. March-April 2001: Mohamed Atta Visits Tennessee Airport; Asks About Nearby Chemical Plant and About Buying Plane
  21. March 2001: Source Claims Al-Qaeda to Attack Inside the US in April
  22. March 2002: Treasure Trove of Al-Qaeda Documents Found in Bosnia Raid of US Charity
  23. March-May 2002: Empty Fuel Tanks in WTC 7 Wreckage Suggest Fuel May Have Contributed to Fire on 9/11
  24. 1988-1989: Al-Qaeda Golden Chain Lists Financiers
  25. March 2002-September 2004: Saudi Government Charity Slowly Shut Down for Suspected Militant Links
  26. March 2002: Bush Official Says 9/11 Is Important Because It Lowers Public Resistance to US Military Adventures
  27. Early March 2002: Two FBI Agents Prevented from Discussing Unclassified Information with Reporter
  28. Early March 2002: French Author Claims Plane Crash into Pentagon Was Staged
  29. March 2002: Padilla Begins Planning Attacks on US High-Rise Buildings
  30. March 2002: First Secret CIA Prison Built in Thailand
  31. March 2003: CIA Falsely Claims Kidnapped Imam Is in Bosnia
  32. March-May 2003: British Intelligence Fails to Stop Suicide Bombers before They Attack Israel; Fails to Ban the Group They Belong to Afterwards
  33. March 2003: Zelikow and 9/11 Commission Consultant Complete Outline of Final Report before Staff Start Writing It
  34. March 2003-July 2004: White House Has Better Relationship with 9/11 Commission’s Democratic Vice Chairman than Republican Chairman
  35. March 2003: Informant Gives Spanish Police Big Tip That Could Stop Madrid Train Bombings
  36. March 2004: Agent Forced Out of FBI for Supporting Whistleblower Sibel Edmonds
  37. March 2004: Alleged ‘High Value’ Al-Qaeda Leader Is Captured in Djibouti, Africa
  38. March 2004: Homeland Security Official Keeps Job Despite Tie to Radical Militant
  39. March 2004: CIA Finds 9/11 Hijackers Used 364 Aliases and Name Variants
  40. March 2004: Book Examines Atta’s Time in Florida; Portrays Him as Hooked on Drugs and Alcohol
  41. March 2004: Released Guantanamo Detainee Becomes Important Taliban Leader
  42. March 2004: Able Danger Intelligence Officer Has Security Clearance Suspended
  43. March 2004: Al-Qaeda Summit Held in Pakistan’s Tribal Region; Possibly Monitored by US Intelligence
  44. March 5-July 1999: Russia Plans to Invade Chechnya Again
  45. March 2005: Scotland Yard Official Predicts Britons Will Blow Themselves Up on London Subway Using Backpack Bombs
  46. Late March through Early June, 2002: FBI Interrogator Gains ‘Actionable Intelligence’ from Zubaida Using Non-Coercive Interrogation Methods
  47. March 2006: Ali Mohamed Still Not Sentenced
  48. March 2006: Wanted War Criminal Becomes Ruler of Kosovo; Charges against Him Dropped
  49. March 2006: Numerous Problems with No-Fly List Come to Light
  50. March 7 - Mid-April, 2003: Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Tortured in Poland