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Complete 911 Timeline

7279 events in this timeline

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  1. July 2003: Madrid Bomber Released from Prison, Falls Under Surveillance
  2. 2002: US Agencies Evade Law by Using Private Database on US Citizens
  3. 2002: Al-Qaeda Could Be Planning Cyber-Attacks; Recovered Computer, Detainee Interrogations Reveal Group’s Intentions
  4. 2002: Madrid Bombings Mastermind Is Monitored, Appears to Be Preparing for ‘Violent Action’
  5. 2002-2003: Chertoff Advises CIA Can Use Waterboarding and ‘False Flag’ Trickery on Detainees
  6. 2002-2004: 7/7 London Bomber Visits Pakistan at Least Once; Details Murky
  7. 2002: US Refuses to Exchange Information with Iran about Islamist Militants
  8. Late 2002: Tortured ‘20th Hijacker’ Provides Clues about Bin Laden’s Trusted Courier Ibrahim Saeed Ahmed
  9. 2002: Most Members of Bojinka Front Company Linked to 9/11 Mastermind Remain at Large
  10. 2002-2006: US Does Not Strongly Press Pakistan about Taliban Leaders Hiding There
  11. 2002-2005: US Fails to Monitor Taliban Strongholds in Afghanistan and Pakistan
  12. 2002 and After: Yemeni Militants Pledge Not to Attack within Yemen, Free to Attack Elsewhere
  13. (Early 2002): FBI Whistleblower Threatened with Investigation
  14. Summer 2002: Pennsylvania Coroner Receives Inquiry from Relative of Flight 93 Hijacker about Remains
  15. 2002-Early 2003: Wolfowitz Still Pushing Unlikely Theory Linking WTC Bombing to Iraqi Government
  16. 2003-2004: Administration Tries to Convince 9/11 Commissioner of Iraqi Ties to Al-Qaeda, but Will not Show All Claimed Evidence
  17. 2003: Figure Close to Madrid Bombings Mastermind Is Government Informant
  18. 2003-Late 2005: Bin Laden Allegedly Lives in Hideout near Abbottabad, Pakistan
  19. 2003: Justice Department Advises CIA Not to Destroy Interrogation Videotapes
  20. 2003: Lead 7/7 London Bomber Seen with Known Al-Qaeda Operative in Britain
  21. March 2003 and After: Alleged Leader of Al-Qaeda Bomb Plot Is Monitored in Britain but Mysteriously Never Arrested or Even Questioned
  22. 2002-2004: 7/7 London Bombers Attend Sermons Given by Extremist Imam Abu Hamza Who Has Deal with MI5
  23. After April 2004: Unknown Important Al-Qaeda Figure Has House Raided in Abbottabad, Pakistan
  24. 2004: US Misses Al-Qaeda Leader Al-Libbi in Abbottabad, Pakistan
  25. 2004: British Intelligence Gives US Intelligence Name of 7/7 Suicide Bomber
  26. 2004: Afghan Poppy Farmers Harvest Record Opium Crop
  27. 2004: Defense Department Reports US Is Fueling Islamist Militancy by Propping up Authoritarian Regimes in Middle East
  28. 2004-2007: Suicide Bombings Dramatically Increase in Afghanistan
  29. Late 2005-Early 2006: Bin Laden and Family Begin Living in Abbottabad, Pakistan, Hideout
  30. 2005-2006: Fighting in Chechnya Largely Subsides
  31. (2005): Afghan Intelligence Allegedly Concludes Bin Laden Is in Pakistan, but Not Tribal Region
  32. October 2005: Theories of 9/11-Iraq Connection Disproven by Investigations, Authors Write
  33. 2006: Falsely Accused Iraqi Spy Quietly Released from Secret CIA Prison
  34. (2006): US Intelligence Somehow Learns Last Name of Bin Laden Courier Ahmed; Full Name Still Needed
  35. 2006: US Fails to Kill Al-Qaeda Leader with Drone Strike Due to Permission Delays
  36. 2006: ISI Admits Taliban Leader Haqqani Is Asset
  37. 2006: Taliban and Al-Qaeda Increase Control over Pakistan’s Tribal Region, Killing Over 120 Local Opponents
  38. 2007: US Intelligence Learns Real, Full Name of Key Al-Qaeda Courier Ahmed Through His Family in Kuwait
  39. 2007: Wanted Al-Qaeda Hamburg Cell Member Bahaji Calls Mother to Say He Is Still Alive
  40. (Mid-2007): Pakistan Releases Al-Qaeda Leader Ghul; He Rejoins Al-Qaeda
  41. 2007: CIA Gets Hint that ISI-Linked Pakistani Militant Group Could Be Helping Hide Bin Laden
  42. 2007: Pakistani President Musharraf Allegedly Refuses to Consider Bin Laden Could Be Hiding in Abbottabad Area
  43. 2007: ISI Head Allegedly Allows Radical Militants to Use Abbottabad, Pakistan
  44. (2005-2008): US Search for Bin Laden Slows Down; Other Issues Take Priority
  45. 2009: US Special Forces and CIA Increase Cooperation on Overseas Operations
  46. June 1997: Panel Finds US Unprepared for WMD Terrorism
  47. 1958-1999: NORAD Reduces Number of Fighters on ‘Alert,’ Protecting American Airspace
  48. 1972: Police Psychologist Suggests the Possibility of Terrorists Crashing a Plane into a Crowded Stadium during the Munich Olympics
  49. 1973-2002: Saudi Billions Lay Groundwork for Radical Militancy
  50. 1976: James Bath Opens Aircraft Brokerage Firm; Investors Tied to BCCI and Osama bin Laden