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Complete 911 Timeline

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  1. Fall 1998: British Informer Abu Hamza Forms Suicide Squad of Radical Islamists in London
  2. Fall 1999: Army Intelligence Program Begins Gathering Information on Al-Qaeda
  3. Fall 1999: Radical London Cleric and Informer Calls on Followers to ‘Kill the Infidels’
  4. Fall 1999: CIA Draws Up New Plan to Combat Al-Qaeda; Includes Disruption, Rendition and Capture Operations
  5. June-September 2009: Kalashnikov AK-47 Prices Soar in Afghanistan as Demand Rises; Arms Heading North
  6. (March 2006): Former US Security Officer Alleges that US Abandoned Counterterrorism Investigation because of Potential Connection to ISI
  7. Late 2000-February 2001: 9/11 Hijacker Almihdhar Enters and Leaves Saudi Arabia, Reportedly Tracked by Saudi Authorities
  8. Late 2000-April 2001: Monitored Italian Al-Qaeda Cell Cannot Get Chemical Weapon to Work
  9. Late 2000: Military Prepares Options for Striking at Bin Laden, but Not Serious about Using Them
  10. Late January 2001: Islamic Militants Converge at Beirut Conference
  11. Late January 2003: 9/11 Commission’s Zelikow Tells CIA 9/11 Was Its Fault; CIA Is Displeased
  12. Late January 2003: White House Counsel Gonzales Denies 9/11 Commission Access to White House Documents
  13. Late January 2008: Spanish Criminal Case Reveals French Intelligence Had Informant in Al-Qaeda Safe Haven
  14. Late January 1999: London Police Show Increased Interest in Finsbury Park Mosque
  15. September 2002-October 2003: Informer Closely Watches Madrid Bombers
  16. Late 2001: KSM Sheltered by Royal Family Members in Qatar
  17. Late 2001: Taliban’s Top Drug Kingpin Arrested by US Then Let Go
  18. Late 2001: US Opposes Peacekeeping and Counter-narcotics in Afghanistan
  19. Late 2001: NSA Domestic Wiretapping Ties Up FBI with Bad Leads
  20. Late 2001: German Intelligence Reportedly Prevents Arrest of Alleged Al-Qaeda-CIA Double Agent with 9/11 Foreknowledge
  21. Late February 1999: Valerie Plame Wilson Uncovers A. Q. Khan Visit to Africa; US Suspects Links between Khan and Bin Laden
  22. Late 2002-July 2004: 9/11 Commission Initially Pays Little Attention to NSA Material
  23. Late 2002: CIA Recruits New High-Level Al-Qaeda Informant
  24. Late 2002-Early 2003: More Talented US Personnel Redeployed from Afghanistan to Iraq
  25. Late 2002: Bush Administration Secures Stringent Legislation to Secure Cargo Shipping; Fails to Fund It
  26. Late 2002: FBI Agent Wright Not Allowed to Continue His Financial Investigations
  27. Late March 2002: President Bush Allegedly Takes Personal Interest in Interrogation of Zubaida
  28. Late 2003-2004: 9/11 Commission Suspects Interrogated Detainees Are Harshly Treated
  29. Late 2003: Key Investigator Transferred within 9/11 Commission
  30. Late 2003: Al-Qaeda Mostly Stops Leaving Electronic Footprints
  31. Late 2003: NSA Allows 9/11 Commission Access to Files, but Commission Not Interested
  32. 2002-Early 2003: CIA Sets Up Secret Bases in Pakistan to Hunt for Bin Laden, but Foiled by Pakistani Escorts
  33. Late April 2003: Al-Qaeda Linked Arms Dealer Victor Bout Begins Flying Supplies to Iraq for US Army
  34. Late April 2003-2007: US Military Repeatedly Hires Victor Bout Companies for Iraq Supply Flights, Despite Sanctions and Media Reports
  35. Late April 2007: Extradition Bid of Hijacker Associate Darkazanli Fails Again
  36. Late April 1998 and Shortly After: Tenet Unhappy over Saudi Information Sharing, Suggests Al-Qaeda Leader Wants to Assassinate Vice President
  37. Late April-Early May, 2006: New Film Suggests Daniel Pearl Was Murdered as Result of ISI Complicity with Al-Qaeda
  38. Late 2004-Early 2005: Classified US Documents Suggest Pakistan Is Supporting Taliban
  39. Late 2005: CIA Closes Unit Hunting Bin Laden
  40. (Late May-Early June): FBI Agent at CIA Searches Only One of Two Databases with Information about 9/11 Hijackers
  41. Late June-August, 2001: 9/11 Hijacker Atta Calls Plot Facilitator Al-Hawsawi Several Times
  42. Late June 2001: Hijacker Associate Bin Al-Shibh Travels to Malaysia; 9/11 Hijacker Atta Fails to Meet Him There
  43. Late June 2005: French Government Says Britain Is Likely to Be Attacked by Al-Qaeda, Using Pakistani-Britons
  44. Late July 2001: Taliban Intelligence Chief Wants Secret Contact with US to ‘Save Afghanistan’
  45. Late July 2001: CIA Official Says of Al-Qaeda, ‘They’re Coming Here’
  46. Late July 2001: FBI Agent Possibly Confused by Error in CIA Cable, Fails to Tell FBI Hijacker Almihdhar Has US Visa
  47. (Late July-Early August, 2002): Moussaoui E-mails May Have Vanished
  48. Late July 2005 and After: British Authorities Mysteriously Uninterested in Possible 7/7 Bombings Mastermind
  49. Late July 2006: Islamist Militant Group Conquers Capital of Somalia with Help from Arms Dealer Victor Bout
  50. Late August 2001: Al-Qaeda Hamburg Cell Member Goes to Pakistan, Possibly Tells KSM about Timing of 9/11 Attacks