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Complete 911 Timeline

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  1. 1998-05-29 1997-May 29, 1998: US Creates Plan to Capture Bin Laden, but CIA Director Tenet Cancels It
  2. 1998-05-29 May 29, 1998: PNAC Calls on Republican Congressional Leaders to Assert US Interests in Persian Gulf
  3. 1998-05-30 May 30, 1998: Exercise Is Held Based around Terrorists with Chemical Weapons Attacking the Pentagon
  4. 1998-06-08 June 8, 1998: Grand Jury Issues Sealed Indictment Against Bin Laden and Others
  5. 1998-06-09 June 9, 1998: US Seizes Funds Connected to Hamas Operative and Al-Qadi
  6. 1998-06-12 June 12, 1998: State Department Issues Warning of Bin Laden Attack, but Not in Africa
  7. 1998-06-23 June 23, 1998: Halliburton CEO Dick Cheney Discusses Importance of Oil Reserves in Caspian Basin
  8. 1998-07-07 July 7, 1998: Stolen Passport Shows Ties Between Hijackers and Spanish Terrorist Cells
  9. 1998-07-15 July 15, 1998: Rumsfeld’s Ballistic Missile Committee Says Chief Threat to US Is from Iran, Iraq, and North Korea
  10. 1998-08-04 August 4, 1998: Security Guard Notices US Embassy in Kenya Being Videotaped
  11. 1998-08-04 August 4-5, 1998: Two Bombers Possibly Monitored While Discussing Details of Embassy Bombings
  12. 1998-08-04 August 4-19, 1998: US Refuses Extradition of Two Embassy Bombers
  13. 1998-08-04 August 4-25, 1998: Embassy Bomber’s Arrest Points to Vital Al-Qaeda Communications Hub
  14. 1998-08-05 August 5, 1998: Threat Precedes Embassy Bombings
  15. 1998-08-05 August 5-16, 1998: Hijacker Almihdhar Calls Al-Qaeda Communications Hub Before and After US Embassy Bombings, FBI Learns of This
  16. 1998-08-05 August 5-7, 1998: Canadian Intelligence Misses Chance to Give Warning about African Embassy Bombings
  17. 1998-08-06 August 6-7, 1998: Most Bombers Fly to Pakistan just before African Embassy Bombings
  18. 1998-08-06 August 6, 1998: Al-Qaeda Evacuates Afghanistan Training Camps in Anticipation of Immediate US Retaliation after Embassy Bombings
  19. 1998-08-07 5:30 a.m., August 7, 1998: Bomber Arrested in Pakistan Four Hours before Embassy Bombings; US Officials Keep His Immediate Confession Secret for Over a Week
  20. 1998-08-07 July 29-August 7, 1998: NSA Listens to Surge of Phone Calls about Upcoming Embassy Bombings; No Warnings Are Given
  21. 1998-08-07 After August 7, 1998: Former Army Ranger Devises Plan to Assassinate Bin Laden
  22. 1998-08-07 10:35-10:39 a.m., August 7, 1998: Al-Qaeda Bombs US Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, Killing Over 200
  23. 1998-08-07 August 7, 1998: Third African Embassy Bombing Is Aborted
  24. 1998-08-07 Before August 7, 1998: CIA Has Multiple Informants in Al-Qaeda Cell Planning African Embassy Bombings
  25. 1998-08-07 Between October 1997 and August 7, 1998: Ali Mohamed Gives FBI Hint of Upcoming Al-Qaeda Attack in East Africa
  26. 1998-08-07 Shortly After August 7, 1998: MI6 Withholds Key Information about Embassy Bombings from FBI
  27. 1998-08-07 After August 7, 1998: Operative Linked to Al-Qaeda Communications Hub in Yemen Questioned about Embassy Bombings
  28. 1998-08-07 After August 7, 1998: CIA Focuses on Yemeni Terror Group, London Connection Found to Be ‘Crucial’
  29. 1998-08-07 After August 7, 1998: Moussaoui’s Flat Allegedly Raided After Embassy Bombings
  30. 1998-08-07 After August 7, 1998: Witness Tells FBI Al-Qaeda Operative Intends to Hit US Vessel in Aden
  31. 1998-08-07 Before August 7, 1998: NSA Intercepts Calls to Communications Hub Involved in Embassy Bombings
  32. 1998-08-08 August 8-15, 1998: Bombing Informant Again Reveals Key Information
  33. 1998-08-08 August 8, 1998 and Shortly After: Intelligence Reveals Location of Two Militant Leaders Involved in Embassy Bombings, but No Action Taken Against Them
  34. 1998-08-09 August 9, 1998: Northern Alliance Stronghold Conquered by Taliban; Pipeline Project Now Looks Promising
  35. 1998-08-09 August 9, 1998: Ali Mohamed Tells FBI He Knows Who the Embassy Bombers Are but Won’t Name Names; He Is Not Arrested
  36. 1998-08-12 August 12-25, 1998: Suspect Claims ‘Extensive Network of Al-Qaeda Sleeper Agents’ Is Planning ‘Big Attack’ Inside US
  37. 1998-08-12 Shortly After August 12, 1998: Embassy Bomber in Britain Is Monitored as He Warns Embassy Bomber in California, but Neither Are Arrested
  38. 1998-08-14 August 14, 1998: Richard Myers Becomes New NORAD Commander
  39. 1998-08-15 Between August 15, 1998 and February 22, 2000: NORAD Radar System and Control Software Inadequate, Commander Finds
  40. 1998-08-19 August 19, 1998: CIA Learns Bin Laden’s Travel Plans before Missile Strike
  41. 1998-08-20 August 20, 1998: Al-Zawahiri Denies Responsibility for Embassy Bombing
  42. 1998-08-20 August 20, 1998: ISI Alerts Bin Laden and Taliban to US Missile Strike
  43. 1998-08-20 August 20, 1998: US Fires on Al-Qaeda’s Afghan Training Camps, Sudanese Facility
  44. 1998-08-20 Shortly After August 20, 1998: Pakistani Army Secretly Hides Bin Laden to Help Taliban
  45. 1998-08-20 August 20, 1998: US Fails to Launch Aircraft to Locate Bin Laden and Al-Zawahiri Ahead of Missile Strike
  46. 1998-08-20 Late 1996-August 20, 1998: US Intelligence Monitors Charity Tied to Al-Qaeda Cell in Kenya
  47. 1998-08-20 August 20, 1998-1999: US Pressure on Persian Gulf Governments Fails to Impact Funding of Al-Qaeda
  48. 1998-08-22 August 22, 1998: Leading London-Based Radical Bakri Reveals Deal with British Authorities
  49. 1998-08-22 August 22, 1998: Mullah Omar Calls State Department and Expresses Interest in Confidential Dialogue
  50. 1998-08-23 August 23, 1998: US Warns Taliban of Bin Laden’s Activities but Fails to Provide Detailed Evidence