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Complete 911 Timeline

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  1. November 2004: FBI Officer Calls 9/11 Plot Unstoppable
  2. November 5- December, 2002: Remote Strike in Yemen Raises Legal and Ethical Issues
  3. Between November 2005 and September 2006: Al-Qaeda Leader Al-Libi Secretly Transferred to Libya to Avoid Questions about Torture and False Confessions
  4. November 2005: Station Chief Asks for Permission to Destroy CIA Tapes
  5. (November 2005): Man with Suspected Links to Mohamed Atta Tries to Set Up a Flight School on Remote Island
  6. November 2005: CIA Destroys Videotapes of Detainees’ Interrogations without Advance Notification
  7. November 2005: Top Captured Militants in Secret CIA Prisons Moved From Poland to Mauritania
  8. November-December 2006: US Officials Determine Pakistan’s Deal with Taliban-linked Militants Is a Failure
  9. November 2006: Associate of 9/11 Hijackers Convicted in Germany
  10. Early October 2002: Al-Qaeda Leader Al-Nashiri Arrested in UAE
  11. Shortly After Early October 2002: Al-Qaeda Leader Al-Nashiri Is Waterboarded in Secret CIA Prison
  12. November 15-Late December 2001: US Finds Key Al-Qaeda Tape, Fails to Pass It On for Over a Month
  13. November 2018: Former Associate of Several 9/11 Hijackers Denies Being Involved in the 9/11 Plot
  14. November 2001 or December 2001: FBI Translator to Have Exclusive Access to Wiretaps of Surveillance Targets with Whom She Has Links
  15. (November 2001): FBI Translator Fails to Translate Wiretaps of Individuals with Whom She Has Connections
  16. November 1997: Enron and Bin Laden Family Team Up for Project
  17. November 1978-February 1979: Some US Officials Want to Support Radical Muslims to Contain Soviet Union
  18. November 1985: Office of Special Planning Report Calls WTC a ‘Most Attractive Terrorist Target’
  19. November 1986-November 1987: Soviet Union Decides to End Afghan War, US Learns of Decision
  20. Mid-November 1990: CIA Allegedy Blocks FBI Investigation of ‘Blind Sheikh’ in Kahane Assassination
  21. November 1993: Enron Power Plant Creates Demand for an Afghanistan Pipeline
  22. November 1994: Bin Laden Seen Meeting with President of Muslim Bosnia
  23. November 1994-December 1999: 9/11 Funder Saeed Sheikh Is Captured; Makes Connections in Indian Prison
  24. November 1995: Suspect Spanish Policeman Sells Apartment to Monitored Alleged Al-Qaeda Operative
  25. November 1995: Saudi Intelligence Said to Sponsor Assassination Attempt on Bin Laden
  26. November 1996-Late December 1999: US Government Funding Charity Front It Knows Has Ties to Bin Laden and Hamas
  27. November 1996-September 1998: Al-Qaeda Front Company in Istanbul Facilitates Travel and Money Transfers
  28. November 1996: Informer Spots Top GIA Operative in London, but British Intelligence Loses Him
  29. November 1997: Ali Soufan Joins the FBI
  30. November 1997-August 1998: Future 9/11 Commission Staff Attend Terrorism Study Group; Predict Consequences of ‘Catastrophic Terrorism’
  31. November 1998: Former President George H. W. Bush Meets with Bin Laden Family
  32. November 1998: Americans and Saudis Possibly Attempt to Poison Bin Laden
  33. November 1998: Turkish Extremists’ Plan to Crash Airplane into Famous Tomb Uncovered
  34. November 1999: Veteran Jihadis Move to Birmingham; British Intelligence Not Interested
  35. Late November-Early December 1999: Hamburg Cell Members Travel Monitored Route to Afghanistan
  36. Mid-1999-November 1999: Data Mining Study Causes Controversy by Connecting Prominent US Figures to Chinese Military Weapons Purchases
  37. November-December 1999: British, US Authorities Monitor Terrorist Trainers in Oregon
  38. November 1999: Hijackers Said to Lease Apartment in San Diego, Two Months Before Alleged First Arrival in US
  39. (November-December 1999): Al-Zawahiri’s Brother Rendered to Egypt
  40. December 2000-December 2001: Abu Hamza Recruit Undergoes Advanced Training in Afghanistan before Getting Caught
  41. December 2000: British Informer Sends Computer to Taliban Foreign Minister
  42. Mid-Late December 2000: Some CIA Officers Speculate Almihdhar May Be Al-Qaeda Leader Bin Attash, FBI Not Informed
  43. December 2000: 9/11 Hijacker Apparently Seen in Saudi Arabia, Reason for Return Unclear
  44. Early December 2000: Confession Brings FBI Close to Learning about Hijackers Coming to US, but CIA Withholds Key Information Again
  45. Mid-Late December 2000: CIA Receives Additional Confirmation of Almihdhar’s Al-Qaeda Connection
  46. December 2000: FBI and FAA Claim Threat of Terrorists Targeting US Aviation Is Low Despite Information Suggesting Otherwise
  47. December 2000: 9/11 Hijacker Alshehhi Goes Missing; Family, German Police, and UAE Government Look for Him
  48. December 2000: Pentagon Develops Plan to Attack Al-Qaeda
  49. (Between December, 2000 and January, 2001): US Must React Forcefully to Any Future Attack, Rumsfeld Tells Bush; Bush Agrees, Promises to ‘Lean Forward’
  50. December 2000-April 2001: Israeli Investigators Deported After Identifying Two Hijackers