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Complete 911 Timeline

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  1. 2001-08-30 August 30, 2001: CIA Finally Tells FBI Al-Qaeda Leader Met 9/11 Hijackers in Malaysia, but Information Is Withheld from Investigators
  2. 2001-08-30 August 30, 2001: French Provide More Information about Moussaoui
  3. 2001-08-30 August 30, 2001: United Airlines Holds a Surprise Exercise in Which Employees Are Led to Believe a Plane Has Crashed
  4. 2001-08-30 August 30, 2001: Transportation Department Holds Plane Hijacking Exercise
  5. 2001-08-30 August 30, 2001: 9/11 Hijacker Banihammad Attempts to Get in Airplane Cockpit; Witness Later Ignored
  6. 2001-08-31 August 31, 2001: US Watch List Calls 9/11 Hijacker Almihdhar ‘Armed and Dangerous’
  7. 2001-08-31 Around August 31, 2001: Saudi Intelligence Chief’s Replacement Reportedly Makes CIA Nervous about 9/11 Hijackers Almihdhar and Alhazmi
  8. 2001-08-31 August 31, 2001: Head of Saudi Arabia’s Intelligence Service Is Replaced
  9. 2001-08-31 Summer 1999-August 31, 2001: Best-Selling Author Writes Novel About Al-Qaeda Attack on Washington; Assisted by US Counterterrorism Experts
  10. 2001-09-01 March 2001-September 1, 2001: Hani Hanjour and Other Hijackers Live in Paterson, New Jersey
  11. 2001-09-01 August 27-September 1, 2001: Hijackers Stay at Maryland Motel at Different Times
  12. 2001-09-01 September 1-8, 2001: Tenet Briefs Bush Six More Times, Fails to Mention Moussaoui, Alhazmi, or Almihdhar
  13. 2001-09-01 September 1, 2001: American Airlines Issues Internal Memo Warning of Imposters
  14. 2001-09-02 September 2, 2001: Bush Administration Enthusiastic to ‘Take Down Saddam Once and For All’
  15. 2001-09-03 September 3, 2001: German Authorities Allegedly Fail to Notice Al-Qaeda Hamburg Cell Member Bahaji Leave Germany
  16. 2001-09-03 September 3-5, 2001: Members of Hamburg’s Al-Qaeda Cell Leave for Pakistan
  17. 2001-09-03 September 3-5, 2001: Operatives Connected to 9/11 Meet in Karachi
  18. 2001-09-03 Between September 3, 2001 and September 7, 2001: WTC Structural Engineer Says Trade Center Designed for 707 Crashing Into It
  19. 2001-09-04 August 29-September 4, 2001: Minneapolis Memo to FAA Warning of Moussaoui Is Blocked by FBI Headquarters
  20. 2001-09-04 September 4-5, 2001: FBI Search for 9/ 11 Hijackers Almihdhar and Alhazmi Finally Begins, But the Search Is Incomplete or Faulty
  21. 2001-09-04 (September 4, 2001): Army Officers at Pentagon Planning Exercise for Days after 9/11, Based on Plane Hitting WTC Scenario
  22. 2001-09-04 September 4, 2001: Army Restricts Access to Fort Belvoir
  23. 2001-09-04 September 4, 2001: Cabinet-Rank Advisers Discuss Terrorism, Approve Revised Version of Clarke’s Eight Month-Old-Plan
  24. 2001-09-04 September 4, 2001: FBI Agent Fails to Search for 9/11 Hijacker Data Present in Private Database
  25. 2001-09-04 September 4, 2001: Counterterrorism ‘Tsar’ Clarke Memo: Imagine Hundreds of Dead Due to Government Inaction
  26. 2001-09-04 September 4-5, 2001: FBI Agent Fails to Conduct Simple Credit Card Check that Could Have Stopped 9/11 Attacks
  27. 2001-09-04 September 4, 2001: FBI Dispatches Vague Message to US Intelligence Community About Moussaoui Investigation
  28. 2001-09-04 September 4, 2001: Secret Embedded Messages Help Show Milan Al-Qaeda Have 9/11 Foreknowledge
  29. 2001-09-04 (September 4, 2001): Exercise That Will Consider the Aftermath of a Terrorist Attack in New York’s Financial District Is Being Prepared For
  30. 2001-09-04 September 4-11, 2001: ISI Director Visits Washington for Mysterious Meetings
  31. 2001-09-04 September 4, 2001: Mossad Gives Another Warning of Major, Imminent Attack
  32. 2001-09-04 September 4, 2001: Mueller Takes Over as FBI Director; Criticized for BCCI Investigation
  33. 2001-09-04 September 4-5, 2001: 9/11 Hijacker Almihdhar’s Visa Is Revoked, but Inspectors Are Told Not to Detain Him
  34. 2001-09-04 September 4-10, 2001: Fire Alarm System in WTC 7 Is in ‘Test Condition’ for Several Hours Each Day
  35. 2001-09-04 September 4, 2001: Israeli Company Moves Out of WTC
  36. 2001-09-04 September 4, 2001: Debate Heats Up Over Using Armed Predator Drone Against Bin Laden; Decision Again Delayed
  37. 2001-09-05 August 25-September 5, 2001: Hijackers Spend Over $30,000 on 9/11 Tickets
  38. 2001-09-05 September 5, 2001: Hijacker Associate Ramzi Bin Al-Shibh in Germany Calls 9/11 Hijacker in US; His Calls May Be Monitored
  39. 2001-09-05 September 5, 2001: British Informer Sends Thousands of Pounds to Afghanistan; Authorities Intercept Courier, but Allow Him to Continue
  40. 2001-09-05 September 5, 2001: Atta Reportedly Visits Spain Again
  41. 2001-09-05 September 5, 2001: Prisoner in Brazil Tries to Give Warning about 9/11 Attacks
  42. 2001-09-05 September 5, 2001: US Army Bases Implement ‘Full Access Control’
  43. 2001-09-05 (September 5, 2001): FBI Headquarters Prevents Credit Card Check that Could Help Locate 9/11 Hijacker Almihdhar
  44. 2001-09-05 September 5, 2001: Hijacker Alhazmi Is in Police and Motor Vehicle Databases, but FBI Agent Fails to Find His Records
  45. 2001-09-05 September 5, 2001: Hijackers Go on Gambling Cruise in Florida
  46. 2001-09-05 September 5-8, 2001: Raid on Arab Web Hosting Company Precedes 9/11 Attacks
  47. 2001-09-05 September 5-15, 2001: Nuclear Bomb Squad Is Abroad for Exercise
  48. 2001-09-05 September 5-11, 2001: 9/11 Hijackers’ Car Repeatedly Visits Boston’s Logan Airport
  49. 2001-09-05 September 5-6, 2001: French Again Warn US About Moussaoui
  50. 2001-09-05 September 5, 2001: Hijacker Associate Ramzi Bin Al-Shibh Stops in Spain on Way to Afghanistan