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Complete 911 Timeline

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  1. Late 1992-Early 1993: Bosnian Charity Front Funds Training Camp and Militant Bombers in US
  2. December 1992-Early February 1993: Islamist Militants Learn to Fight at Pennsylvania Training Camp
  3. December 1994-January 1995: US Prosecutor Possibly Tells Ali Mohamed to Ignore Subpoena
  4. Late December 1994-April 1995: Evidence against Bin Laden’s Brother-in-Law Continues to Grow
  5. December 1994-April 1995: US and Philippines Fumbles Monitoring of Key Bojinka Plotter
  6. December 1995: British Domestic Intelligence Tells Police that Islamist Militant Threat Is ‘Greatly Exaggerated’
  7. December 1995: Bin Laden and KSM Travel to Brazil Together
  8. December 1995: Caspian Sea Said to Contain Two-Thirds of World’s Known Oil Reserves
  9. December 1996-January 1997: Former Al-Qaeda Financial Officer Completely Exposes Al-Qaeda Financial Network, but US Takes No Action
  10. December 1996-June 1999: US Military Fails to Help CIA Plan Operations Against Bin Laden
  11. December 1996: NSA Refuses to Share Bin Laden Phone Surveillance with Other US Intelligence Agencies
  12. Early 1998: CIA Ignores Ex-Agent’s Warning KSM Is ‘Going to Hijack Some Planes,’ Visiting Germany
  13. (December 1997-2001): Number of Alert Air Bases Inadequate to Protect against Airborne Terrorism, NORAD Commander Says
  14. December 1997-November 1998: Moroccan Man Ties Hamburg and Milan Al-Qaeda Cells Together
  15. December 1997: Unocal Establishes Pipeline Training Facility Near Bin Laden’s Compound
  16. December 1997-Spring 1998: Urgent Requests for Embassy Security Go Unheeded
  17. Late December 1998: Data Mining Program Authorized to Go after Bin Laden
  18. December 1998-December 2000: Hijacker Associate Al-Bayoumi Stays in Contact with Saudi Consulate Official
  19. December 1999: British Authorities Return Confiscated Bomb Manual and Violence-Inciting Tapes to Top Militant and Informer Abu Hamza
  20. December 1999: Clinton Administration Issues Wider Memo about Bin Laden without Assassination Authorization
  21. December 1999: FBI Reorganization Aims at Terrorism Prevention
  22. December 1999: 9/11 Hijackers Meet to Discuss Operation; Indication Alhazmi Flew Flight 77
  23. December 1999: CIA Attempts to Recruit Man with Links to Atta and Hamburg Cell
  24. Early December 1999: US Takes Action to Stop Al-Qaeda Millennium Bombing Plot
  25. December 1999-January 2000: FBI’s New York Office Receives NSA Information on Hijackers’ Travel to Malaysia Summit
  26. December 1999: Think Tank Study: Terrorist Attacks on US Chemical Facilities Easy, Potentially Devastating
  27. December 1999: Able Danger Immediately Determines Al-Qaeda Has ‘Surprising Presence in US’
  28. (1978-9): Bin Laden Visits US, Britain, or Both
  29. 1980-1989: $600 Million for Afghan War Passes through Bin Laden Charity Fronts
  30. 1979-1991: Criminal BCCI Bank Repeatedly Saves Pakistan from Financial Ruin
  31. 1979-1991: US Government Ignores Over 700 Tips about BCCI’s Criminal Activities
  32. 1980s: Much US and Saudi Aid Meant for Afghan Fighters Goes to ISI and A. Q. Khan Network
  33. 1980-1989: CIA and British Train Mujaheddin in Afghanistan and Help Arm Bin Laden
  34. Late 1980s-Early 1990s: US Allows Radical Mujaheddin to Kill Thousands of Moderates in Afghanistan
  35. Mid-1980s: US Officials Allegedly Meet Directly with Bin Laden
  36. Late 1980s: Bin Laden, CIA, and ISI Train Core of Future Philippines Militant Group
  37. Late 1980s: Ramzi Yousef Recruited by CIA?
  38. 1980: Afghan Fighters Begin Training in US
  39. 1981 and After: BCCI Charity Front Funnels Money to A. Q. Khan’s Nuclear Program
  40. 1981-1991: CIA Uses BCCI Bank to Pay 500 British Informants
  41. 1981-1983: NSC Gains a Clear Picture of BCCI’s Criminal Activities from CIA Reports
  42. 1983: Pakistani Government Allows Drug Traffickers to Deposit Profits in BCCI Bank
  43. 1984 and After: BCCI Dominates Supply Chain of CIA Supplies and Weapons Meant for Mujaheddin
  44. 1984: US Agencies Keep US Senator in Dark about BCCI’s Criminal Activities
  45. 1984 and After: US and British Intelligence Are Aware that Terrorist Abu Nidal Is Using BCCI in London, but Take No Action
  46. 1986: Al-Qaeda Figures Establish First US Base in Arizona
  47. (1987): CIA Funds Mujahedeen Leader Who Supports Bin Laden
  48. 1987-1991: Bin Laden’s Brother-in-Law Khalifa Sets Up Al-Qaeda Fronts in Philippines
  49. 1987-1990: US and British Intelligence Aware Middle Eastern Governments Are Paying Large Sums to Terrorist Abu Nidal, but Take No Action
  50. September 1987-March 1989: Head US Consular Official Claims He’s Told to Issue Visas to Unqualified Applicants