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Complete 911 Timeline

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  1. May-August 2001: Nurse Witnesses Hijackers at Rehab Clinic Owned by Convicted Felon; Fired After 9/11 for Speaking to FBI
  2. May 2001: Bush, Who Has Yet to Take Any Action Against Al-Qaeda, Is Tired of ‘Swatting at Flies’
  3. Early June 2001: FBI Misses Tip on Likely Al-Qaeda Cell in Buffalo
  4. May 2001: Hijackers Take Advantage of New, Anonymous Visa Express Procedure
  5. May 2001: CIA Official Connected to Cases of Moussaoui and 9/11 Hijackers Starts Helping FBI
  6. May 2-August 2004: British Intelligence Monitors Copycat London Bombers Attending Training Camps in Britain, but Takes No Action
  7. May 2002: CIA and FBI Are Increasingly Skeptical of Alleged Atta Meeting in Prague, but Do Not Share Skepticism with Public
  8. Mid-April-May 2002: FBI Is Appalled by CIA Interrogation of Zubaida; Withdraws Its Personnel
  9. May 2002: Silverstein Properties Awarded Insurance Payout for WTC 7
  10. Mid-May 2002 and After: CIA Headquarters Approves and Closely Monitors Zubaida’s Torture
  11. May 2002: Latin American Specialist Appointed Head of CIA Counterterrorism
  12. May-Early June 2002: US Filmmaker Sees Hundreds of Taliban and Al-Qaeda Living Openly in Pakistan
  13. May 2002-2003: CIA Uses Controversial Waterboarding Technique on Several High-Ranking Al-Qaeda Detainees
  14. Late May 2002: Pakistani Army Finally Makes Limited Move into Border Region Where Al-Qaeda Is Regrouping
  15. May 2003 and Before: 9/11 Commissioner Argues Panel Should Investigate False Claims of Iraq Link to 9/11, but Other Commissioners Not Interested
  16. May-August 2003: 9/11 Commission Has Difficulty Gaining Access to Recording of Air Threat Conference
  17. May 2003: CIA Inspector General Reviews Videotapes of Abu Zubaida’s Interrogations; Several Blank, Waterboarding Sessions Missing
  18. Mid-May 2003: US Rejects Al-Qaeda-MEK Prisoner Exchange with Iran
  19. May 2005: Al-Qaeda Military Chief Claims Al-Qaeda and Al-Zarqawi Intentionally Drew US into Iraq; Denies Links to Iraqi Government
  20. May-June 2004: Zelikow Has Portions of 9/11 Commission Report Rewritten to Be More Favorable to National Security Adviser Rice
  21. May 2004: More Israelis Are Arrested in Suspicious Circumstances, Again Traveling in Moving Vans
  22. May 2005: Author Claims CIA Hid Explosive Zubaida Interrogation Transcripts from 9/11 Commission and FBI
  23. May-September 2005: Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Requests Over 100 Documents about CIA Interrogation Program, Receives No Reply
  24. May 2006: CIA Continues to Keep Some Suspected Terrorists off No-Fly List
  25. Between May and Late 2006: CIA Bans Use of Waterboarding
  26. March 2006: Apparently Dead 9/11 Hijackers Still on No-Fly List
  27. May 2007: Yemeni Government Secretly Frees Key USSColeBomber
  28. May 2007: Former FEMA Videographer Doubts Official 9/11 Account; Claims ‘Persecution’ by US Agents
  29. (May 2009): Special Counsel Summons CIA Officers Involved in Tape Destruction to Appear before Grand Jury
  30. May 2010: Two Members of Al-Qaeda’s Hamburg Cell Reunite in Pakistan
  31. Spring 2004: Nabil Al-Marabh Apparently Secretly Jailed in Syria
  32. May 2000: Future Authors of 9/11 Report Produce John F. Kennedy Book Riddled with Errors
  33. May 22 to August 2000: Al-Qaeda Hamburg Cell Member El Motassadeq Attends Afghan Training Camp
  34. May 1979: CIA Begins Working with Hekmatyar and Other Mujaheddin Leaders Chosen by ISI
  35. May 1986: Bin Laden Leads Arab Fighters into Afghanistan, but Mission Ends in Failure
  36. May 1987: Bin Laden-Led Force Holds Out against Soviets at Battle of Lion’s Den, Wins Big Propaganda Victory
  37. May 1990: Bin Laden Family Forms Saudi Binladin Group
  38. May-December 1992: Alleged 9/11 Hijackers’ Associate Linked to Islamic Militant Organization
  39. May 1992-Spring 1993: ISI Helps Ramzi Yousef Travel, Then Helps Him Avoid Capture
  40. May 1993: Egyptian President Says ‘Blind Sheikh’ Worked with CIA
  41. May 1996: Saudis and Al-Qaeda Allegedly Strike a Secret Deal
  42. May 1996: US Seeks Stability in Afghanistan for Unocal Pipeline
  43. May 1996: Al-Qaeda Begins Using Vital Communications Hub in Yemen
  44. May 1997: Saudis Reveal Bin Laden Is Sending Money to US but Fail to Share More on Al-Qaeda Finances
  45. May 1997: David Edger Is New CIA Chief of Station in Germany
  46. May 1998: Yemeni Government Official Purchases Passport Forgery Equipment for Islamist Militants
  47. May 1998: US Intelligence Resumes Monitoring Al-Qaeda Cell in Kenya
  48. May 1998: FBI Gives Counterterrorism Top Priority but No Extra Resources
  49. May 1998: CIA Director Prefers Saudi Plan to Bribe Taliban over Direct Action against Bin Laden
  50. May 1998-May 1999: Ten Opportunities to Strike Bin Laden in One Year