Restored archive. The original History Commons is no longer online; this is a read-only edition of its timelines. Content is licensed CC BY-NC-SA.

Complete 911 Timeline

7279 events in this timeline

Open-Content investigative project managed by matt, Paul, KJF, blackmax

This is the home page for the Complete 911 Timeline investigative project, one of several grassroots investigations being hosted on the History Commons website. The data published as part of this investigation has been collected, organized, and published by members of the public who are registered users of this website.

Showing 5951–6000 of 7279

  1. November 1997: No Action Taken After Precise Warning of Embassy Attack
  2. October 1997: Brzezinski Highlights the Importance of Central Asia to Achieving World Domination
  3. October 1997: Ali Mohamed Details His Extensive Al-Qaeda Ties to US Officials But Still Is Not Arrested
  4. After October 1997: FBI Report Made of Stunning Ali Mohammed Confession, But FBI Takes No Action
  5. October 1997-May 1999: Economic Security Exercises Are Held in New York; Participants Contemplate a Terrorist Attack on Wall Street
  6. October 1998: Leading British Imam and Informer Abu Hamza Issues Warning of Attack in Yemen, Supporters Soon Involved in Plot There
  7. October 1998: Vulgar Betrayal Investigation Nearly Shut Down
  8. October 1998: Military Analyst Goes Where Spies Fail to Go, but Her Efforts Are Rejected
  9. October 1998 and After: Multiple Countries Monitor Zubaida’s Phone Calls
  10. October 1998: Associate of Embassy Bombers Meets Prosecutors, Will Agree to Testify in Court
  11. October-November 1998: Al-Qaeda US-based Recruiting Efforts Uncovered
  12. October 1999: British Informer Plans Terrorist Training Camp in US
  13. (October 1999): CIA Officer Sends Cable Falsely Linking Iran to Major Al-Qaeda Plot, Is Forced to Withdraw It and Others
  14. October 1999: Alshehhi Takes First Flying Lessons in Germany
  15. October 1999: Atta Reportedly Gets Engaged and Asks His Parents If He Can Stay in Egypt
  16. October 1999: Some Chechen Warlords Allegedly Develop Closer Relations with Bin Laden
  17. October 1999: CIA Does Not Share Information with Able Danger Program
  18. October 1999: Hamburg Cell Downloads Flight Training Software
  19. October 1999: CIA Considers Increased Aid to Northern Alliance
  20. October 1999: Joint US-ISI Operation to Kill Osama Falters
  21. 1999: Germans Miss Links between Hamburg 9/11 Hijackers and Key Al-Qaeda Operative
  22. November 2000: 9/11 Hijacker Allegedly Flies to Beirut on Same Flight as Senior Hezbollah Operative
  23. November 2000 or After: FBI Connects Al-Qaeda Communications Hub toColeBombing, No Apparent Action Taken
  24. November 2000-Spring 2002: Florida FBI Investigates Plot to Blow Up Mount Rushmore
  25. November 2000: 9/11 Hijacker Flies to Beirut, Possible Iranian Connection Mooted
  26. November-December 2000: Able Danger Stops Data Collection and Moves into Operational Phase
  27. November 2000: Taliban Allegedly Offers to Hand bin Laden to US Officials
  28. November 2001-May 2002: FAA New York Center Submits ‘Formal Accident Package’ for 9/11 Attacks, but Leaves out Tape of Controllers’ Accounts
  29. November 2001: FBI Obtains Key Informant against Yemeni Terror Financiers
  30. November 2001: Al-Qaeda Documents Recovered in Afghanistan Detail Plots, Apparent Involvement in 9/11
  31. (November 2001): FAA New York Center Controller Denied Request to Hear Own Tape-Recorded Statement from 9/11
  32. Late October-Early November 2001: Al-Qaeda Fighters and Bin Laden Said to Move into Jalalabad without Hindrance
  33. Early November 2001: Al-Qaeda Convoy Flees Kabul
  34. November 2001: FBI Inteviews Al-Qaeda Operatives in Sudan; Hussein-Bin Laden Link Is Dismissed
  35. November 2001: FBI Report Says 9/11 Hijackers Maintained ‘Web of Contacts’ in the US
  36. Mid-November 2001: Afghan Politician Says US Policy Prevented Bin Laden Capture
  37. November 2001-May 2002: US Captures Al-Qaeda Recruiter Who Has Lived in the US since 1999
  38. Late November, 2001: US Soldiers Permit Massacre of Taliban
  39. November 2001: Pakistan Promises to Seal Off Tora Bora Region in Exchange for US Aid
  40. Early November 2001: Senior US General Describes Plan to Take Out ‘Seven Countries in Five Years’
  41. November 2002: Saudi Interior Minister Blames Jews for 9/11 Attacks
  42. November 2002: CIA Report Concludes Saudi Government Has Made Little Effort to Fight Terrorist Financing
  43. November 2002: Worried of Forthcoming Attack, British Authorities Arrest Previously Released Militant
  44. November 2002 and After: Karl Rove Concerned about 9/11 Investigation
  45. November 2002-June 2003: Secret Evidence Used against Hijackers’ Associate Attracts Criticism, Most Charges Are Dropped
  46. November 2003: 9/11 Commission Fails to Ask CIA about Detainee Interrogation Methods
  47. 11:03 a.m.-11:12 a.m. September11, 2001: NORAD Personnel Ordered to Defcon 3
  48. November 2003: 9/11 Commission Subpoenas New York Emergency Tapes and Transcripts
  49. November 2003: US Military Frustrated They Cannot Fight Drugs in Afghanistan
  50. November 2003: Pakistan Bans Militant Groups Again after Pressure from US