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Complete 911 Timeline

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  1. Late August 2001: Future Alleged Ricin Plotter Arrested in Netherlands, but Released
  2. Late August-Early September 2001: FBI Fails to Ask Failed Millennium Bomber to Identify Moussaoui
  3. Late August 2001: Moussaoui Case Mentioned to Head of FBI’s International Terrorism Operations Section
  4. Late August 1998-2001: US Intelligence Steadily Collects List of Potential Bombing Targets in Afghanistan
  5. Late September 2001: Surgeon General: Terrorist Strike on US Chemical Plant Might Kill Millions
  6. Late September 2001: CIA Learns ISI Is Secretly Advising Taliban to Resist US Invasion
  7. Late September-Late October 2001: US Military Slow in Entering Afghanistan until Rumsfeld Makes Power Grab
  8. Late September 2002: US Intelligence Intercepts Uncover Planned Attack on Tourist Sites in Bali; No Public Warning Results
  9. Late September 2005: Mossad Allegedly Secretly Reports that Key Southeast Asian Operative Played Important Role in 7/7 London Bombings
  10. Late September 1998: US and German Investigators Appear Concerned about Al-Qaeda Related Attack on US Consulate in Hamburg
  11. Late October-Late November 2000: Confession Leads FBI toColeMastermind
  12. Late October 2000: Clinton Considers Missile Attack on Bin Laden
  13. Late October 2001: Intense Political Pressure to Release Suspected Israeli Spies Arrested on 9/11
  14. Late October 2009: Passport of Al-Qaeda Hamburg Cell Member Bahaji Found in Pakistan’s Tribal Region
  15. Late November 2000: FBI Formally Asks CIA about Al-Qaeda Leader and Possible Meeting in Southeast Asia, but Gets No Answer
  16. Late November 2001: CIA Advises Bush and Cheney That Allies Won’t Help Trap Bin Laden, but No Action Is Taken
  17. Late November 2001: Satellite Phone Ruse Aids Bin Laden’s Escape
  18. (Late November-Early December 2009): Bin Laden Daughter Escapes from House Arrest in Iran
  19. (December 2000-January 2001): 9/11 Hijacker Alhazmi Tells Associates He Is in Flight Training
  20. Late December 2001: US Decides to Accept Iran’s Help against Al-Qaeda but Offer Nothing in Return
  21. Late December 2001: Pakistan Allegedly Gives US Secret Permission to Get Bin Laden and Al-Zahawiri inside Pakistan
  22. Late December 2002: White House Tells 9/11 Commission Chairman Kean He Must ‘Stand Up’ for President Bush
  23. Late 1990s: British Intelligence Does Not Stop Possible Future 7/7 Bombings Mastermind from Recruiting for Al-Qaeda in London
  24. Late 1990s: Many Hijackers Attend University in Saudi Arabia and Elsewhere
  25. (Late 1990s): Radical London Imam Abu Hamza Tells Followers It Is OK to Steal from Non-Muslims
  26. Late 1990s: Bin Laden’s Brother-in-Law Khalifa Still in Contact with Militants
  27. Late 1990s: CIA Director Tenet Has Direct, Private Channels to Saudi Leaders
  28. (Late 1995): Al-Qaeda Leader Allowed to Live in Britain Despite Being Wanted for Attempting to Assassinate Egyptian President
  29. Late 1996: Islamist Militants Establish Training Camps in Chechnya
  30. Between Late 1996 and Late 1998: Bin Laden Allegedly Pays $1 Million to Pakistani Prime Minister
  31. Late 1998: German Intelligence Knows All Key Names of Al-Qaeda Hamburg Cell Members by This Time
  32. (Late 1998): German Intelligence Begins Monitoring Al-Qaeda Hamburg Cell Member Bahaji
  33. Late 1999: Hijacker Almihdhar Has Foreknowledge of Forthcoming Seaborne Attack
  34. Late 2000-Mid-2001: Al-Qaeda-Linked Figures Help Indonesian Militants Fight Christians in ‘Spice Islands’
  35. Late 2000: Book Favored by Prominent Neoconservatives Argues that Hussein Was Behind 1993 WTC Bombing
  36. Late 2001-Mid-March 2002: CIA Looks to Brutal Torture Techniques of Egyptians, Saudis, and Soviets in Setting Up Its Interrogation Program
  37. Late 2001-Spring 2002: European Intelligence Agencies Monitor Al-Qaeda Relocating in Pakistan
  38. Late 2001 and After: CNN Limits Critical Reporting of Bush Administration Due to Pressure and Patriotic Fervor
  39. Late 2001: Israeli Government Reportedly Privately Admits to Running Spy Operation in US Before 9/11
  40. Mid-October 2001: Future Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins Helps Handle Anthrax Letters for FBI Investigation
  41. Late 2001: Lead 7/7 London Bomber Works with Al-Qaeda Leaders, Gets Explosives Training in Southeast Asia
  42. Late 2001-Early 2002: Pakistani Militant Group Helps Al-Qeada Operatives Escape into Pakistan
  43. Late 2001: President Bush Fails to Fund Program to Reform Radical Islamist Boarding Schools in Pakistan
  44. Late 2002: Ramzi Bin Al-Shibh Allegedly Tortured in Jordan
  45. Late 1992-October 1993: Al-Qaeda Operatives Train Somali Militants to Fight US Soldiers
  46. Late 2002-Late 2003: Al-Qaeda, Protected in Pakistan’s Tribal Region, Launches Border Attacks on US Forces in Afghanistan
  47. Late 2002: FBI Hinders Customs Investigation into Bin Laden Associate in Texas
  48. Early 2003: Justice Department Prevents Detroit Prosecutors from Charging Al-Marabh and Hinders Case against Al-Marabh Associates
  49. Late 2003: FBI Keeping Data on Innocent US Citizens
  50. Late 2003: 7/7 London Bomber Visits Pakistan, Meets Islamist Militant Leader