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Complete 911 Timeline

7279 events in this timeline

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  1. Summer 2001: Candidate 9/11 Hijacker Possibly Arrested in US, Then Released
  2. Summer 2001: Lead 7/7 London Bomber Already Radicalized, Linked to Two Future Suicide Bombers
  3. Summer 2001: CIA Director Tenet Believes Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Is Blocking Effort to Develop Strategy to Get Bin Laden
  4. Summer-Early November 2002: Second Informant Helps British Intelligence Communicate with Informer Abu Qatada
  5. Summer 2002: Arms Dealer Victor Bout Helps Taliban and Al-Qaeda Ship Gold to Sudan
  6. Summer 2009: US Intelligence Finally Determines General Location of Bin Laden’s Trusted Courier in Northwest Pakistan
  7. Summer 1989: Ali Mohamed Uses His US Military Expertise to Train Muslim Radicals
  8. Summer 1991: Ali Mohamed Helps Bin Laden Move to Sudan
  9. Shortly After Summer 1991: Ali Mohamed Sets Up New Al-Qaeda Camps in Sudan
  10. Summer 1993: WTC Bomber Gives Up Names of Future Embassy Bombers, US Turns Down Deal for More Information
  11. Summer 1996-August 1998: British Mole Penetrates Militant Islamic Circles in London
  12. Summer 1996 or Shortly After: Moussaoui Meets Future Shoe Bomber at London Mosque
  13. Autumn 1997: CIA Ignores Tip Linking Saudi Charity to Al-Qaeda Plot on US Embassy in Kenya
  14. Summer 1998 and After: British Intelligence Informer Abu Hamza Runs ‘Al-Qaeda Guest House in London’
  15. Summer-Winter 1998: Bin Al-Shibh and Alshehhi Not in Hamburg, Possibly Visiting Afghanistan
  16. Summer 1998: One of Bin Laden’s Four Holy War Goals Is to Bring Down US Airliners
  17. Summer 1998: El-Hage Asks Associate for Advice on His Status with FBI
  18. Summer 1998: Al-Qaeda 9/11 Cell Coalesces in Hamburg
  19. Summer 1999: British Intelligence Warns Bin Laden Is Seeking to Launch Attack Inside US
  20. Summer 1999: NSA Intercepts More of Almihdhar’s Calls
  21. Summer 1999: CIA Decides to Increase Ties with Northern Alliance, Decision Pushed through by Counterterrorist Center
  22. Early July 1999: Persian Gulf Sheikhs Reportedly Give Bin Laden $50 Million in Single Bank Transfer
  23. Summer 1999: Bin Laden Makes Secret Deal with Government of Yemen
  24. Summer 1999: US Intelligence Links Zammar to Senior Bin Laden Operatives, Fails to Share Information
  25. 1996: Chechen Rebels Threaten to Fly Airplane into Kremlin
  26. Early Winter 2004: US Patrol Allegedly Almost Accidentally Stumbles upon Bin Laden
  27. Winter 1999-March 2000: US Intelligence Installs Listening Posts in Afghanistan But Makes Little Use of Intelligence Gained
  28. February 2001 and After: Al-Qaeda Communications Hub in Yemen Is Disclosed in Global Media, but Hijacker Continues to Call It
  29. September 2009: CIA Expanding Presence in Afghanistan to Historic Levels as Part of Spy and Paramilitary Surge
  30. 2002: CIA Officals Ask Tenet to Warn White House Invasion of Iraq Will Undermine Counterterrorism Efforts
  31. April 2002: CIA Officials Tell Case Officers that Bush Administration Is Set on War with Iraq; Proposes Propaganda Campaign for Europe
  32. February 13. 2001: Bush Expands US Security to Mean ‘Advancement of US Interests Around the Globe’
  33. April 1996-March 1997: Yousef Communicates with Islamic Militants from Within Maximum Security Prison Using Telephone Provided by FBI
  34. September 1986: CIA Provides Afghan Rebels Stinger Missiles
  35. After 1994-1999: CIA and Bin Laden Train KLA in Albania
  36. May 2001: NSA Analyst Warns of Terrorist Planes into Buildings Plot; But Described as ‘Obsessed’ By Superiors
  37. Late May, 2001: CIA Officer Passes Three Malaysia Summit Photographs to FBI, but Fails to Mention Some Important Details
  38. February 2001: Al-Qaeda Is Expecting US to Invade Afghanistan, Wants War in Iraq and Somalia as Well
  39. Late July 2004: Reporters Test US Airport Security by Successfully Shipping Uranium Through It
  40. Late August 1998: CIA Apparently Arrests Top Militant Leaders by Accident
  41. 1992: Terrorists Have Started World War Four, Warns French Spy Chief in Prescient Book
  42. March-April 2002: Some Report Possible 9/11 Hijacker Link to Anthrax Attacks, Despite Thin Evidence
  43. August 2002: Al-Qaeda Operative Captured, Warns of Attack on Oil Tanker near Yemen; Disappears into CIA Custody
  44. June 2002: US Aware Up to 3,500 Al-Qaeda Linked Militants Are Hiding in Pakistan’s Tribal Region
  45. 1981: Bin Laden Visits Chicago to Recruit American-Trained Engineers, Meets Yassin Kadi
  46. Late 1980s: Bin Laden Meets Rebel Supporter in Pakistan
  47. May 2001: Feith, Perle, and Wolfowitz Discuss Iraq Invasion; Scowcroft Initially Favorable
  48. 1995: NSA Identifies and Monitors Telephones Used by bin Laden and al-Qaeda in Sudan
  49. Early January 2003: CIA Report Casts Further Doubt on Allegation that Iraq Trained Al-Qaeda Operatives in ‘Poisons and Gases’
  50. August 2002: Pentagon Officials Pressure CIA to Delay CIA Assessment on Iraq; They Disagree with CIA’s View about Alleged Prague-Atta Link