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Complete 911 Timeline

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  1. 2002-2003: Chertoff Advises CIA Can Use Waterboarding and ‘False Flag’ Trickery on Detainees
  2. 2002-2004: 7/7 London Bomber Visits Pakistan at Least Once; Details Murky
  3. 2002: US Refuses to Exchange Information with Iran about Islamist Militants
  4. Late 2002: Tortured ‘20th Hijacker’ Provides Clues about Bin Laden’s Trusted Courier Ibrahim Saeed Ahmed
  5. 2002: Most Members of Bojinka Front Company Linked to 9/11 Mastermind Remain at Large
  6. 2002-2006: US Does Not Strongly Press Pakistan about Taliban Leaders Hiding There
  7. 2002-2005: US Fails to Monitor Taliban Strongholds in Afghanistan and Pakistan
  8. 2002 and After: Yemeni Militants Pledge Not to Attack within Yemen, Free to Attack Elsewhere
  9. (Early 2002): FBI Whistleblower Threatened with Investigation
  10. Summer 2002: Pennsylvania Coroner Receives Inquiry from Relative of Flight 93 Hijacker about Remains
  11. 2002-Early 2003: Wolfowitz Still Pushing Unlikely Theory Linking WTC Bombing to Iraqi Government
  12. 2003-2004: Administration Tries to Convince 9/11 Commissioner of Iraqi Ties to Al-Qaeda, but Will not Show All Claimed Evidence
  13. 2003: Figure Close to Madrid Bombings Mastermind Is Government Informant
  14. 2003-Late 2005: Bin Laden Allegedly Lives in Hideout near Abbottabad, Pakistan
  15. 2003: Justice Department Advises CIA Not to Destroy Interrogation Videotapes
  16. 2003: Lead 7/7 London Bomber Seen with Known Al-Qaeda Operative in Britain
  17. March 2003 and After: Alleged Leader of Al-Qaeda Bomb Plot Is Monitored in Britain but Mysteriously Never Arrested or Even Questioned
  18. 2002-2004: 7/7 London Bombers Attend Sermons Given by Extremist Imam Abu Hamza Who Has Deal with MI5
  19. After April 2004: Unknown Important Al-Qaeda Figure Has House Raided in Abbottabad, Pakistan
  20. 2004: US Misses Al-Qaeda Leader Al-Libbi in Abbottabad, Pakistan
  21. 2004: British Intelligence Gives US Intelligence Name of 7/7 Suicide Bomber
  22. 2004: Afghan Poppy Farmers Harvest Record Opium Crop
  23. 2004: Defense Department Reports US Is Fueling Islamist Militancy by Propping up Authoritarian Regimes in Middle East
  24. 2004-2007: Suicide Bombings Dramatically Increase in Afghanistan
  25. Late 2005-Early 2006: Bin Laden and Family Begin Living in Abbottabad, Pakistan, Hideout
  26. 2005-2006: Fighting in Chechnya Largely Subsides
  27. (2005): Afghan Intelligence Allegedly Concludes Bin Laden Is in Pakistan, but Not Tribal Region
  28. October 2005: Theories of 9/11-Iraq Connection Disproven by Investigations, Authors Write
  29. 2006: Falsely Accused Iraqi Spy Quietly Released from Secret CIA Prison
  30. (2006): US Intelligence Somehow Learns Last Name of Bin Laden Courier Ahmed; Full Name Still Needed
  31. 2006: US Fails to Kill Al-Qaeda Leader with Drone Strike Due to Permission Delays
  32. 2006: ISI Admits Taliban Leader Haqqani Is Asset
  33. 2006: Taliban and Al-Qaeda Increase Control over Pakistan’s Tribal Region, Killing Over 120 Local Opponents
  34. 2007: US Intelligence Learns Real, Full Name of Key Al-Qaeda Courier Ahmed Through His Family in Kuwait
  35. 2007: Wanted Al-Qaeda Hamburg Cell Member Bahaji Calls Mother to Say He Is Still Alive
  36. (Mid-2007): Pakistan Releases Al-Qaeda Leader Ghul; He Rejoins Al-Qaeda
  37. 2007: CIA Gets Hint that ISI-Linked Pakistani Militant Group Could Be Helping Hide Bin Laden
  38. 2007: Pakistani President Musharraf Allegedly Refuses to Consider Bin Laden Could Be Hiding in Abbottabad Area
  39. 2007: ISI Head Allegedly Allows Radical Militants to Use Abbottabad, Pakistan
  40. (2005-2008): US Search for Bin Laden Slows Down; Other Issues Take Priority
  41. 2009: US Special Forces and CIA Increase Cooperation on Overseas Operations
  42. June 1997: Panel Finds US Unprepared for WMD Terrorism
  43. 1958-1999: NORAD Reduces Number of Fighters on ‘Alert,’ Protecting American Airspace
  44. 1972: Police Psychologist Suggests the Possibility of Terrorists Crashing a Plane into a Crowded Stadium during the Munich Olympics
  45. 1973-2002: Saudi Billions Lay Groundwork for Radical Militancy
  46. 1976: James Bath Opens Aircraft Brokerage Firm; Investors Tied to BCCI and Osama bin Laden
  47. 1976: CIA and Other Intelligence Agencies Use BCCI to Control and Manipulate Criminals and Terrorists Worldwide
  48. 1978: CIA Begins Covert Action in Afghanistan
  49. 1978-1982: Criminal BCCI Secretly Buys CIA’s Main US Bank; Even as CIA Uses Bank for Covert Operations
  50. Early 1980: Osama Bin Laden, with Saudi Backing, Supports Afghan Rebels