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Complete 911 Timeline

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  1. 2008-11-19 November 19, 2008: Al-Qaeda Leader Al-Zawahiri Criticizes President Obama, Calls Him ‘House Negro’
  2. 2008-11-20 November 20, 2008: NIST Releases Final Report on WTC 7 Collapse, Repeats Conclusions of Earlier Draft Report
  3. 2008-11-22 November 22, 2008: Leading Militant Allegedly Killed in Drone Strike, Death Remains Unconfirmed
  4. 2008-12-07 December 7, 2008: US Attempts to Place Ex-ISI Director Gul and Other Ex-ISI Officials on UN Terrorist Watchlist
  5. 2008-12-12 December 12, 2008: Pakistani President Zardari Calls Former ISI Director Gul ‘Political Ideologue of Terror’
  6. 2009-01-01 January 1, 2009: US Drone Kills Two Long-time Al-Qaeda Leaders Al-Kini and Swedan in Pakistan’s Tribal Region
  7. 2009-01-14 January 14, 2009: Bin Laden Possibly Releases Another Message about Israel
  8. 2009-01-16 January 16, 2009: US Treasury Freezes Assets of Four Alleged Al-Qaeda Members
  9. 2009-01-20 January 20, 2009: Obama Orders Suspension of Guantanamo Prosecutions
  10. 2009-01-20 Shortly After January 20, 2009: President Obama Devotes New Energy and Resources to Hunt for Bin Laden
  11. 2009-01-22 January 22, 2009: Obama Orders Closure of Guantanamo and CIA Prisons
  12. 2009-01-23 January 23, 2009: Washington Post Analysis: ‘War on Terror’ Over as Bush Defined It
  13. 2009-02-04 February 4, 2009: Cheney: Obama Policies Put US at Risk for Devastating Terror Attack
  14. 2009-02-14 February 14, 2009: Thirty People Killed in Pakistan Drone Strikes
  15. 2009-02-17 February 17-19, 2009: British Components Found in Afghan Taliban Bombs; UK Military Blames British Muslims for Providing Parts
  16. 2009-02-18 February 18, 2009: Obama Orders 17,000 More US Troops into Afghanistan
  17. 2009-02-18 February 18, 2009: Pakistan Cuts Deal with Taliban about Sway Valley Region; Setback for US
  18. 2009-02-19 February 19, 2009: Leon Panetta Sworn in as New CIA Director
  19. 2009-03-04 March 4, 2009: Former Reagan Official: Bush Administration’s Actions during ‘War on Terror’ ‘Exemplary’
  20. 2009-03-05 March 5, 2009: Member of Al-Qaeda’s Hamburg Cell Able to Go to Training Camps after Being Investigated in Germany for Years
  21. 2009-03-15 March 15, 2009: Torture Report by International Committee of the Red Cross Made Public
  22. 2009-03-18 March 18, 2009: Pentagon Plan to More than Double the Size of Afghan Security Forces Pending President Obama’s Approval; Concerns Dismissed
  23. 2009-03-21 March 21, 2009: US Special Forces Used by Afghan Drug Clan to Take out a Rival in Secret Raid, according to German Military
  24. 2009-03-25 March 25, 2009: US Places $5 Million Bounty on Pakistani Militant Leader Haqqani, but Has Yet to Blacklist Group He Belongs To
  25. 2009-03-26 March 26, 2009: ISI Support for Militants Fighting US Forces Remains Strong
  26. 2009-04-03 April 3, 2009: Published Scientific Study Finds Traces of Pyrotechnic or Explosive Material in WTC Dust
  27. 2009-04-18 April 18, 2009: Blogger, Not Reporters, Discover Information regarding Number of Times Suspected Terrorists Waterboarded
  28. 2009-04-22 April 22, 2009: Former FBI Interrogator Says Premises behind Torture are False
  29. 2009-04-26 April 26, 2009: Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal and Brent Scowcroft Advise Obama Administration to Ally with Jalaluddin Haqqani, Negotiate with Taliban
  30. 2009-04-28 April 28, 2009: Justice Department Official: Principled Legal Framework Essential for Combating Terrorism
  31. 2009-04-28 April 28, 2009: Media Recalls False Claim by Former CIA Officer in Light of New Waterboarding Revelations
  32. 2009-04-29 April 29, 2009: CIA Drones Kill up to Ten People, Possibly including Al-Qaeda Leader
  33. 2009-04-29 April 29, 2009: Former Military Commander Sworn in as New US Ambassador to Afghanistan
  34. 2009-05-04 May 4, 2009: US Soldiers Apparently Proselytizing Christianity in Afghanistan, despite Orders to Contrary
  35. 2009-05-04 May 4, 2009: Karzai Chooses Warlord Accused of Rights Abuses and Protecting Drug Trade as Running Mate in Re-Election Bid; Human Rights Groups Protest
  36. 2009-05-06 May 6, 2009: Judge Strikes Down FBI Censorship of Whistleblower Wright
  37. 2009-05-10 (May 10, 2009): Former Afghan Training Camp Manager Al-Libi Allegedly Commits Suicide in Libyan Jail
  38. 2009-05-11 May 11, 2009: Former Black Operations Chief Stanley McChrystal Tapped to Replace David McKiernan as Top US Commander in Afghanistan
  39. 2009-05-12 May 12, 2009: Tilllman Parents Caution Senate on Pending Confirmation of General Who Helped Cover up Son’s Death
  40. 2009-05-19 May 19, 2009: Investigation Finds Weapons Supplied by the US and NATO to Afghan Security Forces Likely Falling into Taliban Hands
  41. 2009-05-20 May 20, 2009: ’Newburgh Four’ Arrested in FBI Sting
  42. 2009-06-02 June 2, 2009: Obama Tells CIA to Make New Plan to Find Bin Laden
  43. 2009-06-02 June 2, 2009: Al-Zawahiri Releases Audio Tape about Visit to Egypt by Obama
  44. 2009-06-03 June 3, 2009: Bin Laden Possibly Releases New Audio Message Attacking Obama
  45. 2009-06-10 May 11-June 10, 2009: Stanley McChrystal Given Carte Blanche to Choose Afghanistan Staff; Assembles Team of Special Operations Veterans
  46. 2009-06-10 Between May 12 and June 10, 2009: McChrystal and Hundreds of Counterinsurgency Staff Arrive in Afghanistan Prior to Official Confirmation as Commander
  47. 2009-06-10 June 10, 2009: Senator Reid Pleas for Urgency as Senate Unanimously Confirms Nomination of Stanley McChrystal as Commander of US and Allied Forces in Afghanistan
  48. 2009-06-23 June 23, 2009: CIA Drones Hit Funeral, Dozens of People Killed
  49. 2009-06-23 June 23, 2009: CIA Director Informed of Assassination and Capture Program, Immediately Cancels It
  50. 2009-06-24 June 24, 2009: CIA Director Briefs Congress on Recently Canceled Kill and Capture Program