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Complete 911 Timeline

7279 events in this timeline

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This is the home page for the Complete 911 Timeline investigative project, one of several grassroots investigations being hosted on the History Commons website. The data published as part of this investigation has been collected, organized, and published by members of the public who are registered users of this website.

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  1. 1997-05-22 May 22, 1997: FBI: Terrorists Are Operating in US With Capability to Attack
  2. 1997-05-22 May 22, 1997: Spanish Intelligence Learns Madrid Cell Is Sending Recuits to Al-Qaeda Training Camps, Takes No Action
  3. 1997-05-25 May 25-28, 1997: Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and UAE Officially Recognize Taliban Government
  4. 1997-05-26 May 26, 1997: Taliban Government Is Officially Recognized by Saudis
  5. 1997-06-03 June 3, 1997: PNAC Think Tank Issues Statement of Principles
  6. 1997-06-09 June 9-13, 1997: Military Exercise Simulates ‘Electronic Pearl Harbor’; Reveals Vulnerability to Cyberterrrorism
  7. 1997-06-11 June 11, 1997: FBI Agent O’Neill Warns of the Danger Posed by Islamic Extremists in a Major Speech
  8. 1997-06-15 June 15, 1997: Killer of CIA Officers Captured in Pakistan and Rendered to US
  9. 1997-07-11 July 11, 1997: George Tenet Becomes New Director of CIA
  10. 1997-07-11 After July 11, 1997: CIA Significantly Expands Paramilitary Capacity under New Director Tenet
  11. 1997-07-31 July 31, 1997: Islamic Extremist Suicide Attack in New York City Narrowly Averted
  12. 1997-08-13 August 13, 1997: US Aware Taliban Are Paying Pakistani Government with Drugs
  13. 1997-08-21 Shortly After August 21, 1997: Important Al-Qaeda Contacts Discovered through Seized Address Book
  14. 1997-08-21 Shortly After August 21, 1997: Seized Address Book Gives Missed Opportunity to Uncover Al-Qaeda Cells in Canada
  15. 1997-08-21 Shortly After August 21, 1997: US Discovers More Evidence about Al-Qaeda Kenya Cell, but Fails to Act
  16. 1997-08-21 August 21, 1997: US Raids Al-Qaeda Cell Member’s House but Fails to Stop Embassy Bombing Plot
  17. 1997-08-21 Shortly Before August 21, 1997: Expert FBI Agent Not Allowed to Join Al-Qaeda Raid
  18. 1997-08-21 Shortly After August 21, 1997: Address Book Links Al-Qaeda Figure to Saudi Billionaire Banker and SAAR Network
  19. 1997-08-27 August 27, 1997: US Ambassador Criticizes Pakistan over Its Aid to Taliban
  20. 1997-08-29 August 29, 1997: Attorney’s Office Wins Partial Exception from ‘Wall’ Procedures
  21. 1997-09-24 September 24, 1997: El-Hage Testifies before US Grand Jury
  22. 1997-10-01 October 1, 1997: MI5 Not Concerned that Leading Asset Abu Hamza Intends to Fund Terrorism Overseas
  23. 1997-10-07 October 7, 1997: US Declares Abu Sayyaf and GIA Foreign Terrorist Organizations, But Not Al-Qaeda
  24. 1997-10-27 October 27, 1997: Halliburton Announces Turkmenistan Project; Unocal and Delta Oil Form Consortium
  25. 1997-11-02 November 2, 1997-June 20, 2001: Hijackers Obtain US Visas
  26. 1997-11-08 (November 8-9, 1997): Exercise Is Held near the World Trade Center Based around a Simulated Chemical Terrorist Attack
  27. 1997-11-18 November 18, 1997: Tourists Massacred in Egypt; Al-Qaeda Leaders Said to Be Involved
  28. 1997-11-20 November 20, 1997: British Intelligence Asset Abu Hamza Refuses to Denounce Recent Killing of 60 Tourists in Egypt
  29. 1997-12-04 December 4, 1997: Taliban Representatives Visit Unocal in Texas
  30. 1998-01-08 January 8, 1998: KSM Revealed as Major Al-Qaeda Operative at Yousef Sentencing
  31. 1998-01-15 January 15, 1998: Former National Security Adviser Has No Regrets Giving ‘Arms and Advice to Future Terrorists’
  32. 1998-01-26 January 26, 1998: Neoconservative Think Tank Urges US to Attack Iraq
  33. 1998-02-05 February 5, 1998: US Rejects Sudanese Al-Qaeda Files that Could Stop Embassy Bombings
  34. 1998-02-12 February 12, 1998: Unocal VP Advocates Afghan Pipeline Before Congress
  35. 1998-02-22 February 22, 1998: Bin Laden Expands Religious Edict against US and Allies
  36. 1998-02-23 February 23, 1998: American Special Envoy to Bosnia Says KLA Is a Terrorist Organization
  37. 1998-03-09 March 9, 1998: Pakistan Admits It Is Giving Weapons to Taliban
  38. 1998-04-15 April 15, 1998: Libya Issues First Arrest Warrant for Bin Laden
  39. 1998-04-17 April 17, 1998: US Official Meets with Taliban; Promote Afghan Pipeline
  40. 1998-04-26 April 26, 1998: Columbine Gunmen Consider Hijacking Plane and Crashing It into New York
  41. 1998-05-07 May 7, 1998: Al-Qaeda Leader Visits Bosnia; US Charity Is Funding Al-Qaeda There
  42. 1998-05-08 May 8, 1998: FBI Announces Its Highest Goal Is to Prevent, Detect and Deter Terrorism
  43. 1998-05-15 May 15, 1998: Oklahoma FBI Memo Warns of Potential Terrorist-Related Flight Training; No Investigation Ensues
  44. 1998-05-15 After May 15, 1998: FBI Again Ignores Warnings About Islamic Militants Planning to Obtain US Pilot Training
  45. 1998-05-22 May 22, 1998: Presidential Directive Puts Secret Service In Charge of Security for Major Public Events
  46. 1998-05-22 May 22, 1998: Clinton Creates Counterterrorism ‘Tsar’ Post; Selects Richard Clarke
  47. 1998-05-26 May 26, 1998: Bin Laden Promises to Bring Jihad to US
  48. 1998-05-26 Shortly Before May 26, 1998: US Fails to Exploit Advance Notice of Bin Laden’s Only Press Conference
  49. 1998-05-26 May 26, 1998: Future Embassy Bomber Photographed at Bin Laden Press Conference
  50. 1998-05-28 May 28, 1998: Bin Laden Wants to Use Missiles Against US Aircraft; Possibly Given Doctored Phone Battery