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Complete 911 Timeline

7279 events in this timeline

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  1. 1976: CIA and Other Intelligence Agencies Use BCCI to Control and Manipulate Criminals and Terrorists Worldwide
  2. 1978: CIA Begins Covert Action in Afghanistan
  3. 1978-1982: Criminal BCCI Secretly Buys CIA’s Main US Bank; Even as CIA Uses Bank for Covert Operations
  4. Early 1980: Osama Bin Laden, with Saudi Backing, Supports Afghan Rebels
  5. 1980-1990: Two Yemeni Sheikhs Serve as Bin Laden Advisers During Soviet-Afghan War
  6. 1980s and 1990s: Most 9/11 Hijackers Have Middle-Class Backgrounds
  7. Late 1980s and After: CIA Blocks Investigations into Al-Qaeda’s ‘Operational Headquarters’ in US
  8. Early 1980s: FBI Encounters Problems Passing Intelligence Information to Criminal Prosecutors, ‘Wall’ Arises
  9. Late 1980s: ’Blind Sheikh’ Works with CIA and Warlords in Afghanistan
  10. 1981-1992: Cheney and Rumsfeld Practice Secret Continuity of Government Plan, Later Activated on 9/11
  11. 1981 and After: US Advocacy Group Trains Fighters in Afghanistan; Alleged to Be CIA Front
  12. Between 1981 and 1989: Officials Airborne in ‘Doomsday’ Plane for Three Days during Exercise
  13. 1982-1991: Afghan Opium Production Skyrockets
  14. 1982-1989: US Turns Blind Eye to BCCI and Pakistani Government Involvement in Heroin Trade
  15. 1984: Bin Laden Develops Ties with Pakistani ISI and Afghan Warlord
  16. 1984-1986: CIA Director Repeatedly Meets with Head of Criminal BCCI Bank, Funding of Afghan War Is Discussed
  17. 1984-1986: CIA Reveals BCCI’s Drug and Terrorist Links to Other US Agencies, but No Action Taken
  18. (1984-2004): Richard Clarke Participates in Secret Continuity of Government Exercises
  19. 1984: Ali Mohamed Works Briefly with CIA; Then Let Go Because of Connections to Islamic Fundamentalist Groups
  20. Early 1984: Port Authority Establishes Office of Special Planning
  21. (Between Early 1984 and October 1985): Office of Special Planning Studies Vulnerability of WTC to Terrorist Attack
  22. 1984: Bin Laden and Other Mujaheddin Leaders Meet Mysterious Europeans in Pakistan
  23. 1984-1994: CIA Funds Militant Textbooks for Afghanistan
  24. 1985-1989: Precursor to Al-Qaeda Puts Down US Roots
  25. 1985-1989: Bin Laden’s Mentor Azzam Recruits Fighters All Over World with Apparent CIA Support
  26. (1985): CIA Agent Proposes False Flag Attacks in Europe in Name of Hezbollah; Modified Proposal Is Implemented
  27. (1985 or After): Islamic Jihad Receives CIA Money for Afghan Effort
  28. 1985: Arrest of Pakistan Proliferator Endangers Program of US Aid to Mujaheddin
  29. September 1985: Ali Mohamed Moves to US; CIA Role Is Disputed
  30. August 1985-October 1990: White House Defies Congress and Allows Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons Program to Progress
  31. 1986: ’Blind Sheikh’ Secretly Meets with Al Taqwa Bank Leader and Others
  32. 1986-October 1999: New Jersey Firm Investors List Is ‘Who’s Who of Designated Terrorists’
  33. 1986: Bin Laden Works Indirectly with CIA
  34. 1985-1987: US Helps Afghan Allies Launch Attacks into Soviet Union
  35. 1986-1993: CIA and Bin Laden Both Closely Tied to Recruiting and Fund-raising Office for Afghanistan
  36. Between 1986-1989: Ali Mohamed Resumes Contact with CIA
  37. 1986-1992: CIA and British Recruit and Train Militants Worldwide to Help Fight Afghan War
  38. (1986): Pentagon Official Asks Afghan Commanders about Diverting Resources to Arab Fighters
  39. (Mid-1986): Report Rates Vulnerability of Public Areas of WTC to Terrorist Attack as ‘Very High’
  40. 1987: Later Moussaoui Case Supervisor Joins FBI
  41. 1987: A. Q. Khan’s Nuclear Network Begins Selling Technology and Know-How
  42. 1987-1991: KSM Works in Afghanistan for Warlord Most Favored by CIA
  43. 1987-1989: Ali Mohamed Meets with Islamic Militants Regularly While Instructor at US Base
  44. 1986: Ali Mohamed Joins US Military and Teaches about Middle East; Supervisors Include Prominent Neoconservative Ideologue
  45. 1987 or 1988: Arab Afghans Purchase Night Vision Goggles in US
  46. 1987: Office of Special Planning Closes Down
  47. 1987-1989: US Continues to Certify Pakistan Does Not Have Nuclear Weapon, Despite Intelligence that It Does
  48. 1987: Pakistan Secretly Builds Nuclear Weapon
  49. 1988: Al Taqwa Bank Founded; Tied to Nazi Supporters
  50. 1988: ’Al-Qaeda’ Possibly the Name of a Computer Database