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Complete 911 Timeline

7271 events in this timeline

Showing 5701–5750 of 7271

  1. August 2003: 9/11 Commission Staffer Reviews NSC Documents; Favors Clarke’s Account of Bush Administration’s Treatment of Terrorist Warnings over Rice’s
  2. August 2003: FAA Falsely Claims It Has Produced All 9/11-Related Documents for 9/11 Commission
  3. August 2003: FBI and CIA Forced to Reopen Investigation into Saudi Link to 9/11
  4. August 2004: Abu Hamza Again Arrested, for Offenses under British Law
  5. August 2006: Book Challenges Image of Giuliani as 9/11 Hero
  6. August 2007: US Military Allegedly Knows Bin Laden’s Location but Fails to Attack Him
  7. August 2004: Criticism of the Homeland Security Terror Alert System
  8. August 2009: Bin Laden Allegedly Meets Militant Leader in Pakistan’s Tribal Region, Claims Pakistani Military Report
  9. August 10-September 2000: 9/11 Hijacker Alhazmi Has New Roommate
  10. August-September 2010: US Intelligence Increasingly Convinced Bin Laden Is at Abbottabad Compound in Pakistan
  11. August 2010: Pakistani Intelligence Starts Monitoring Alleged Al-Qaeda Facilitator Living Two Miles from Bin Laden’s Hideout
  12. August 2010: US Begins Flying New Stealth Drone Over Bin Laden’s Abbottabad Hideout
  13. August 17-Late August 1998: President Clinton Criticized for Using Missile Strike on Al-Qaeda as Distraction from Personal Sex Scandal
  14. August 2002: Former FBI Translator Sues Bureau for Documents Relating to Allegations against Co-Worker Accused of Breaching Security
  15. August 22-November 2002: Possible Hijacker Associate Is Arrested, Then Deported
  16. August 22-25 1998: Embassy Bomber Identifies Photo of Al-Qaeda Leader
  17. Late August 2001: 9/11 Hijackers or Associates Reportedly Tell Motel Manager, ‘We Are on a Mission’
  18. August 1985: Pressler Amendment Passed, Requiring Yearly Certification that Pakistan Does Not Have Nuclear Weapons
  19. August 1985: Solarz Amendment Passed Penalizing Nations Exporting Nuclear Materials from US
  20. August 1991: Wanted BCCI Figures Protected in Pakistan and United Arab Emirates
  21. Autumn 1992: Al-Qaeda Develops Ties with Bosnian Charity Front
  22. August 1992-1993: El-Hage and US Associate Discuss Purchase of Aircraft for Bin Laden; Stingers Discussed Openly on Phone
  23. August 1993: FBI Connects Bin Laden’s Brother-in-Law Khalifa and ‘Blind Shiekh’
  24. August 1994-July 2001: Possible Terrorist Front Man with Saudi Backing Settles in San Diego
  25. August 1994: Journalist Starts Working as Informant for Algerian Security Services, Obtains Militants’ Fax Numbers
  26. Between August and December 1995: Atta Seen with Bin Al-Shibh by Roommate
  27. August 1995: Bin Laden Criticizes Saudi Royals, Threatens Attacks on US Forces in Saudi Arabia
  28. August 1996: Bin Laden Calls for Attack on Western Targets in Arabia
  29. August 1996: First Chechen War Ends; Chechen Rebels Are Victorious
  30. August 1996: CIA Aware ISI Is Funding Radical Militant Group with Bin Laden and Taliban Links; No Action Taken
  31. August 1997-June 1998: London Imam Abu Qatada and Bin Laden Allegedly Help Wanted Militant Move to Britain
  32. August 1997: US Intelligence Monitoring Cell in Kenya Discovers Al-Qaeda Operatives around the World
  33. August 1997: CIA Monitors Central Asia for Oil Reserves
  34. Mid-August 1998: Clinton Authorizes Assassination of bin Laden
  35. Late August 1998: US Intelligence Community Begins Joint Surveillance of Al-Qaeda Communications Hub
  36. Mid-August 1998: President Clinton Aware of Links between Taliban, Pakistani ISI, and Al-Qaeda
  37. August 1998 or Shortly After: London Radical Tells Recruit Pakistani ISI Controls Some Terror Groups
  38. August 1998: Kashmiri Fighter Lectures Young Muslims at Radical London Mosque
  39. Late August 1998: CIA Learns KSM Involved in Embassy Bombings
  40. Late August 1998: NSA Defies Order to Share Raw Intelligence with Other Agencies
  41. Late August 1998: Al-Qaeda Planning US Attack, but Not Yet Ready
  42. August 1998: CIA Warns That Arab Militants Plan to Fly Bomb-Laden Plane From Libya into WTC
  43. Late August 1998: Bin Laden Stops Using His Satellite Phone, Reason Unclear
  44. Mid-August 1998-2000: US Submarines Ready to Attack Bin Laden
  45. August 1998: US Intelligence Monitoring ‘Very Important Source’ Linked to Al-Qaeda in Sudan
  46. August 1998-Late-September 2001: Inexperienced Manager Heads FAA’s Boston Security Field Office
  47. Early September 2000: FBI Informant Helps 9/11 Hijacker Alhazmi Open Bank Account
  48. Late September 2000: Able Danger Warns of Increased Al-Qaeda Activity in Aden Harbor Shortly Before Attack There
  49. (Before September 2000): Army Intelligence Unit Said to Discover Hijackers Renting Rooms at New Jersey Motels
  50. (September 2000 and after): Secret Service Has Air Surveillance Capabilities