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Complete 911 Timeline

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