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Complete 911 Timeline

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  1. 2004-03-29 March 29, 2004 and After: British Intelligence Fails to Monitor 7/7 London Bomber after Recording Him Discussing Plans to Build Bomb and Attend Al-Qaeda Training Camp
  2. 2004-03-30 March 30-31, 2004: Spain Finally Issues Arrest Warrants, Publishes Photos of Some Suspect Madrid Bombers
  3. 2004-03-30 March 30, 2004: Senior Official Disputes Richard Clarke’s Account of 9/11
  4. 2004-03-30 March 30, 2004: White House Makes Deal to Prevent Additional Public 9/11 Hearings for Bush Officials
  5. 2004-04-02 March 30-April 2, 2004: Terror Alert Warns of Al-Qaeda Attack on Trains and Buses in US
  6. 2004-04-02 11:00 a.m., April 2, 2004: Madrid Train Bombers Apparently Botch Second Train Bombing
  7. 2004-04-02 April 2, 2004: CIA Officer Involved in Failed Watchlisting Interviewed by 9/11 Commission, Misrepresents His Understanding Before Attacks
  8. 2004-04-03 9:05 p.m., April 3, 2004: Seven Key Madrid Bombers Blow Themselves Up
  9. 2004-04-03 7:00 a.m., April 3, 2004: Elite Police Unit Begins to Prepare to Raid Hideout of Madrid Bombers
  10. 2004-04-03 7:00 a.m.-Noon, April 3, 2004: Police Already Know Where Madrid Bombers Are Hiding, according to Informant
  11. 2004-04-03 2:00-9:00 p.m., April 3, 2004: Spanish Agents Surround Suspected Madrid Bombers, Shooutout Begins
  12. 2004-04-03 Between 6:00 and 9:00 p.m., April 3, 2004: Abu Qatada Allegedly Gives Madrid Bombers Permission to Blow Themselves Up
  13. 2004-04-04 April 4, 2004: Plans for Further Attacks Found in Raided Apartment of Madrid Bombers
  14. 2004-04-04 April 4, 2004: 9/11 Commission Chairman and Vice Chairman Say Attacks Could Have Been Prevented
  15. 2004-04-04 April 4, 2004: Bush Administration Rejects Proposal to Hire 80 More Terrorism Finance Investigators
  16. 2004-04-06 Early 2003-April 6, 2004: British Intelligence Uncovers and Shuts Down Al-Qaeda-Linked Fertilizer Bomb Plot
  17. 2004-04-08 April 8, 2004: Clinton Tells 9/11 Commission Lewinsky Scandal Had No Effect on Terrorism Response
  18. 2004-04-08 April 8, 2004: Condoleezza Rice Testifies before the 9/11 Commission
  19. 2004-04-08 April 8-12, 2004: Ricin Accused Mostly Freed
  20. 2004-04-10 April 10, 2004: Key Al-Qaeda Figure Operating in Britain and US Becomes Informant
  21. 2004-04-10 Between April 10, 2004 and July 7, 2005: Informant Tells FBI Head 7/7 London Bomber Is ‘Trouble’ and ‘Should Be Checked Out,’ Possibly Identifies Him from Photo
  22. 2004-04-10 Early November 2001-April 10, 2004: US Intelligence Monitors American Al-Qaeda Operative for Years before Arresting Him
  23. 2004-04-11 April 11, 2004: President Bush Claims ‘Bin Laden Determined to Attack in US’ Memo ‘Said Nothing about an Attack on America’
  24. 2004-04-13 April 13, 2004: President Bush Continues to Insist that 9/11 Could Not Have Been Prevented
  25. 2004-04-13 April 13, 2004: Attorney General Ashcroft Blames ‘Wall’ for 9/11 Failures, but 9/11 Commission Believes He Is Exaggerating
  26. 2004-04-13 April 13, 2004: CIA Manager Says, ‘When People Die, You Get More Money’
  27. 2004-04-13 April 13, 2004: President Bush Explains Genoa Threat Inspired Him to Ask For Famous August 2001 Bin Laden Briefing
  28. 2004-04-13 April 13, 2004: Bush Refuses to Admit Possible Mistakes in Handling Post-9/11 Events
  29. 2004-04-14 April 14, 2004: Spanish Government Says Madrid Bombings Funded by Drug Money
  30. 2004-04-14 April 14, 2004: 9/11 Commission Fails to Ask FBI Director Mueller about Pre-9/11 Failings at Public Hearing
  31. 2004-04-14 April 14, 2004: CIA Director Tenet Falsely Claims He Did Not Meet President Bush in August 2001
  32. 2004-04-15 April 15, 2004: Bin Laden Possibly Offers Truce to Europe, but Offer Is Rejected
  33. 2004-04-16 April 16, 2004-June 25, 2004: Apparent Boston Al-Qaeda Cell Member Arrested on Minor Charges
  34. 2004-04-19 April 19, 2004: Radical London Imam Says Groups of Islamist Militants Are Planning Attacks on London
  35. 2004-04-24 March 18- April 24, 2004: Pakistani Army Offensive Fails to Defeat Al-Qaeda in Border Safe Haven
  36. 2004-04-25 April 25, 2004: Academic Paper Determines 9/11 Insider Trading Not Due to Chance
  37. 2004-04-26 April 26, 2004: British Government Alleges London Imam Abu Hamza Linked to Five Terrorist Groups, but Does Not Yet Charge Him with Any Crime
  38. 2004-04-28 April 28, 2004: Alleged Plotters in Rome Cyanide Bomb Plot Acquitted
  39. 2004-04-28 Shortly After April 28, 2004-February 2005: CIA Temporarily Suspends Use of Some Aggressive Interrogation Techniques, Including Waterboarding
  40. 2004-04-29 April 13-April 29, 2004: Press and Politicians Mount Campaign Against 9/11 Commissioner Jamie Gorelick
  41. 2004-04-29 April 29, 2004: President Bush and Vice President Cheney Privately Meet with 9/11 Commission; They Decline to Provide Testimony under Oath
  42. 2004-05-01 May 1, 2004: Gunmen Attack US Oil Company in Saudi Arabia
  43. 2004-05-03 May 3, 2004: Future Saudi Arabian King Claims Israel Is behind Saudi Dissidents
  44. 2004-05-06 May 6, 2004: Report of Transportation Department Investigation Released, Blames Destruction of Tape of Controllers’ 9/11 Recollections on ‘Poor Judgment’
  45. 2004-05-07 May 7, 2004: Oregon Lawyer Mistakenly Arrested in Connection with Madrid Train Bombings, Let Go
  46. 2004-05-07 May 7, 2004: CIA Inspector General’s Report Concludes CIA Interrogation Techniques Likely Violate Treaty Against Torture; Cheney Prevents Report from Being Completed
  47. 2004-05-11 March 24-May 11, 2004: Al-Zarqawi Blamed for Beheading of US Citizen, but Video Raises Many Questions
  48. 2004-05-11 (May 11, 2004): Lobbying Organization Runs Ad Lauding Bush’s Status as ‘War President,’ Features Father of Slain 9/11 Firefighter
  49. 2004-05-11 May 11, 2004: White House Gives Top Prisoner Access to Some, Denies Custody to Others
  50. 2004-05-14 May 14, 2004: Ptech Continues Business with US Government Under New Name