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Complete 911 Timeline

7279 events in this timeline

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  1. 2004-03-01 March 1, 2004: ’New Pearl Harbor’ Book Is Released
  2. 2004-03-02 March 2, 2004: House Republican Leaders Finally Approve Extension for 9/11 Commission, Some Commissioners Think Cheney Is Behind Delay
  3. 2004-03-03 March 3, 2004: US Secrecy Leads to Overturning Conviction of Hijacker Associate El Motassadeq
  4. 2004-03-04 Evening, March 4, 2004: Witness Query Suggests Spanish Authorities Have Some Awareness of Explosives Deal
  5. 2004-03-05 Evening, March 5, 2004: Madrid Bomber Briefly Held at Police Station
  6. 2004-03-05 March 5, 2004: Madrid Bomber Calls Imprisoned Head of Madrid’s Al-Qaeda Cell
  7. 2004-03-10 January 2003-March 10, 2004: Spanish Authorities Fail to Arrest Madrid Bombers Taking Part in Common Crimes
  8. 2004-03-10 March 10, 2004: Radical London Imam Bakri Says Many Militants in Britain Are Monitored or Manipulated by British Intelligence
  9. 2004-03-10 2002-March 10, 2004: ’Emir’ of Madrid Bombings Is Surrounded by Informants
  10. 2004-03-11 Evening, March 11, 2004: Group Claiming Al-Qaeda Link Takes Credit for Madrid Bombings
  11. 2004-03-11 Evening, March 11, 2004: Spanish Prime Minister Aznar Blames Basque Seperatists for Madrid Bombings, Despite Evidence Suggesting Islamist Militants
  12. 2004-03-11 7:00 a.m., March 11, 2004: Eyewitness Sees Men Behaving Strangely; This Results in First Lead for Madrid Bombings Investigation
  13. 2004-03-11 (8:00 a.m.-Evening) March 11, 2004: Bomb Report Incorrectly Points Blame for Madrid Bombings at Basque Separatists
  14. 2004-03-11 7:37-7:42 a.m., March 11, 2004: Al-Qaeda-Linked Train Bombings in Madrid Kill 191
  15. 2004-03-11 Before March 11, 2004: Madrid Bombers Make Many Monitored Phone Calls, Contents Remain Unknown
  16. 2004-03-11 Shortly Before March 11, 2004: Vast Majority of Madrid Bombers Are Under Surveillance; Some Are Informants
  17. 2004-03-11 10:50 a.m.-Afternoon, March 11, 2004: Spanish Investigators Begin to Suspect Islamist Miltants Are Behind Madrid Train Bombings
  18. 2004-03-11 Before March 11, 2004: Key Al-Qaeda Operative Returns to Spain before Madrid Bombings
  19. 2004-03-12 Evening, March 12, 2004: Basque Separatist Group Denies Responsibility for Madrid Train Bombings
  20. 2004-03-12 March 12, 2004: Spanish Government Continues to Blame Basque Separatists for Madrid Bombings Despite New Evidence Islamist Militants Are to Blame
  21. 2004-03-12 March 12, 2004: Spanish Police Stop Monitoring Two Likely Madrid Bombings Suspects
  22. 2004-03-13 7:30 p.m., March 13, 2004: Al-Qaeda Spokesman Takes Credit for Madrid Bombings, Futher Eroding Spanish Government’s Attempt to Blame Basque Separatists
  23. 2004-03-13 4:00 p.m., March 13, 2004: Spanish Government Announces Islamist Militant Has Been Arrested for Madrid Bombings, but Continues to Blame Basque Separatists
  24. 2004-03-14 March 14, 2004: Spanish Government Loses National Election after Failing to Link Basque Separatists for Madrid Bombings
  25. 2004-03-14 Shortly After March 14, 2004: Spanish Government Allegedly Wipes Out All Records of Attempt to Blame Basque Separatists for Madrid Bombings
  26. 2004-03-15 March 15, 2004 and After: Domestic Wiretapping Revelation Reignites 9/11 Hijacker Phone Call Debate
  27. 2004-03-16 March 16, 2004: NORAD Tells 9/11 Commission It Did Not Produce a 9/11 After-Action Report
  28. 2004-03-16 March 16, 2004: Investigators Slow to Find and Arrest Madrid Bombers Despite Obvious Clues
  29. 2004-03-17 March 17, 2004: Spanish Police Ignore Informant’s Tip that Could Lead to Location of Madrid Bombers
  30. 2004-03-18 Shortly After March 18, 2004: Suspected Madrid Train Bomber Remains Free in Morocco; Evidence Suggests He Is Government Informant
  31. 2004-03-18 March 18-26, 2004: Police Fail to Search House Where Madrid Bombers Built Their Bombs, Key Suspects Escape as Result
  32. 2004-03-19 March 19, 2004: Spanish Government Announces Arrest of Madrid Bomber, Causing Others to Flee
  33. 2004-03-21 March 21, 2004: Counterterrorism ‘Tsar’ Clarke Goes Public with Complaints against Bush Response to Terrorism
  34. 2004-03-21 March 21, 2004: Vague Terror Alert Given on Same Day as Critical Richard Clarke Interview
  35. 2004-03-21 March 21, 2004: Victims’ Relatives Demand that 9/11 Commission Executive Director Zelikow Resign
  36. 2004-03-22 January-March 22, 2004: National Security Adviser Rice Privately Regrets 9/11 Comments, Then Publicly Repeats Them
  37. 2004-03-22 March 22, 2004: Richard Clarke Sees Halfhearted Effort in Afghanistan War because of Iraq War
  38. 2004-03-22 March 22, 2004 and Shortly After: White House Hits Back at Former Counterterrorism ‘Tsar’ over Allegations
  39. 2004-03-23 February 2-March 23, 2004: British Intelligence Repeatedly Monitors Two 7/7 Bombers Meeting with Head of Al-Qaeda Linked Bomb Plot
  40. 2004-03-24 March 24, 2004: White House Discloses Former Counterterrorism ‘Tsar’ Clarke Was Anonymous Official Who Gave Background Briefing
  41. 2004-03-24 March 24, 2004: NBC Anchor Criticizes National Security Adviser Rice for Not Testifying Before 9/11 Commission
  42. 2004-03-24 March 24, 2004: Former Counterterrorism ‘Tsar’ Clarke Gives High-Profile Testimony
  43. 2004-03-24 March 24, 2004-May 2004: FBI Says Saudi Associates of Hijackers Not Involved in Plot; This Conclusion Is Disputed
  44. 2004-03-24 March 24-30, 2004: Spanish Police Slow to Arrest Obvious Madrid Bombings Suspect, Then Inexplicably Release Him Six Days Later
  45. 2004-03-24 Morning, March 24, 2004: White House Helps Draft Lists of Questions 9/11 Commission Will Ask Former Counterterrorism ‘Tsar’
  46. 2004-03-24 March 24-30, 2004: White House Official, CNN Anchor Join in Smearing Former Counterterrorism ‘Tsar’
  47. 2004-03-25 March 25, 2004: Bush Says He Would Have Done Everything to Prevent 9/11, If He Had Known Plot Involved Aircraft
  48. 2004-03-25 March 25, 2004: Pentagon Official: ‘9/11 Had Its Benefits’
  49. 2004-03-27 March 27-30, 2004: Spanish Police Call Madrid Bomber While He Is in Hiding, Later Try to Cover This Up
  50. 2004-03-28 March 28, 2004: Richard Clarke Uses Bush Letter to Counter Criticism