5/29/2026•general
1 SourcesMock News: FEC Rules on AI
A closer look at the local policy implications and why it matters.
Analysis context
Civic intelligence requires tracking how these decisions affect budget allocations.
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5/29/2026•general
1 SourcesMock News: FEC Rules on AI
A closer look at the local policy implications and why it matters.
Analysis context
Civic intelligence requires tracking how these decisions affect budget allocations.
5/29/2026•general
1 SourcesMock News: FEC Rules on AI
A closer look at the local policy implications and why it matters.
Analysis context
Civic intelligence requires tracking how these decisions affect budget allocations.
5/29/2026•general
1 SourcesMock News: FEC Rules on AI
A closer look at the local policy implications and why it matters.
Analysis context
Civic intelligence requires tracking how these decisions affect budget allocations.
5/29/2026•general
1 SourcesMock News: GovInfo
A closer look at the local policy implications and why it matters.
Analysis context
Civic intelligence requires tracking how these decisions affect budget allocations.
5/29/2026•general
1 SourcesMock News: FEC Rules on AI
A closer look at the local policy implications and why it matters.
Analysis context
Civic intelligence requires tracking how these decisions affect budget allocations.
5/22/2026•general
1 SourcesKevin Warsh Sworn In as Federal Reserve Chairman
Warsh also unanimously selected to chair the Federal Open Market Committee.
Analysis context
This leadership change at the Federal Reserve impacts the U.S. financial system, banking supervision, and monetary policy decisions that affect the economy.
5/10/2026•legislative
House Passes $850B Defense Procurement Act
The House passed the Defense Procurement Act, earmarking $50B in contracts for aerospace manufacturers.
Analysis context
The bill specifies direct appropriations of taxpayer funds towards private defense contractors, some of whom lobby key committee sponsors.
4/12/2026•finance
1 SourcesPAC Alpha Directs $2.5M to Leadership PAC
FEC filings confirm a $2.5 million transfer from defense-aligned PAC Alpha into Rep. Doe's leadership fund.
Analysis context
Doe serves as the head of the Armed Services subcommittee overseeing procurement, creating a significant money-in-politics connection directly prior to a critical budget vote.
3/19/2025•Feeding Our Future Scam
1 SourcesAimee Bock convicted on all fraud charges
The verdict closed the loop on one of the nation’s biggest COVID-era fraud cases.
Analysis context
The conviction marks the central accountability milestone in the case and confirms the government’s core allegations at trial.
2/3/2025•Feeding Our Future Scam
1 SourcesJury seated in trial of the alleged Feeding Our Future ringleader
The second major trial in the case opens with extra security after an earlier juror-bribery incident.
Analysis context
The case was moving from indictments into a public verdict phase, showing the fraud was still active in court years later.
9/20/2022•Feeding Our Future Scam
1 SourcesDOJ charges 47 defendants in the Feeding Our Future fraud case
Federal prosecutors say the nonprofit's network helped steal roughly $250 million from a child nutrition program.
Analysis context
This is the start of the federal criminal case and the point where the fraud moved from oversight failure into prosecutions.
11/2/2007•911
4 SourcesPrince Bandar Says Saudi Arabia Was ‘Actively Following’ Most 9/11 Hijackers Before 9/11
Saudi Arabia’s national security adviser Prince Bandar bin Sultan says that before 9/11 the Saudi government was “actively following” most of the 19 hijackers “...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
10/29/2007•911
1 SourcesSibel Edmonds Offers to Break Gag Orders, Tell All and Name Names on National TV; No Network Accepts Offer
Through investgative blogger Brad Friedman, former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds makes an open offer to all broadcast TV networks to give any one of them an excl...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
9/18/2007•911
3 SourcesDirector of National Intelligence McConnell Denies US Detected Hijackers’ US Calls, Says 9/11 ‘Should Have and Could Have Been Prevented’
In testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell admits, “9/11 should have and could have been prevented; it ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
4/30/2007•911
1 SourcesCIA Officer Reportedly Makes False Claims to Former Agency Director about Failure to Pass Information to FBI
According to former CIA Director George Tenet, he speaks to a “senior CIA officer” with knowledge of pre-9/11 intelligence failures, apparently in preparation f...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
12/17/2005•911
3 SourcesBush Justifies NSA Wiretapping Program with Reference to 9/11 Hijackers
After an NSA program to intercept telephone calls where one party is in the US and the other party is abroad is revealed (see December 15, 2005), President Geor...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
9/7/2004•911
5 SourcesSenator Bob Graham Claims Cover up of Saudi Connection to Two 9/11 Hijackers
Senator Bob Graham (D-FL) alleges that the White House has covered up possible Saudi Arabian government connections to 9/11 hijackers Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid A...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
4/2/2004•911
3 SourcesCIA Officer Involved in Failed Watchlisting Interviewed by 9/11 Commission, Misrepresents His Understanding Before Attacks
Tom Wilshire, a CIA officer involved in the failed watchlisting of hijackers Khalid Almihdhar and Nawaf Alhazmi (see 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. January 5, 2000 and M...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
2/12/2004•911
6 SourcesTwo FBI Agents Lie to Justice Department Inspector General about Withholding of 9/11 Information from Bureau
Two FBI agents, Doug Miller and Mark Rossini, falsely claim they have no memory of the blocking of a key cable about 9/11 hijacker Khalid Almihdhar in an interv...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
2/1/2004•911
2 SourcesCIA Officer Lies to Justice Department Inspector General about Passage of Information about Almihdhar’s US Visa
A CIA officer who blocked notification to the FBI that Khalid Almihdhar had a US visa makes a number of false statements about the blocking in an interview with...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
8/6/2003•911
2 SourcesTwo Investigative Journalists Say Almihdhar and Alhazmi Worked for Saudi Intelligence and Were Protected by CIA
After 9/11, an unnamed former CIA officer who worked in Saudi Arabia will tell investigative journalist Joe Trento that hijackers Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid Almih...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
8/1/2003•911
2 SourcesLeaks Hint at Saudi Involvement in 9/11
In the wake of the release of the 9/11 Congressional Inquiry’s full report, anonymous officials leak some details from a controversial, completely censored 28-p...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
12/10/2002•911
1 SourcesCIA Officer Involved in Almihdhar and Alhazmi Failures Tells Congressional Inquiry Everything that Could Go Wrong, Did Go Wrong
Tom Wilshire, a CIA officer involved in the failed search for hijackers Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid Almihdhar before 9/11, is interviewed by the Congressional Inqu...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
11/22/2002•911
8 SourcesNewsweek Reports Saudi Royals Sent Money to Hijackers’ Associates
Newsweek reports that hijackers Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid Almihdhar may have received money from Saudi Arabia’s royal family through two Saudis, Omar al-Bayoumi ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
10/17/2002•911
3 SourcesTenet Misinforms Congressional Inquiry about CIA Knowledge of Hijackers’ Entry into US
In sworn testimony to the 9/11 Congressional Inquiry, CIA Director George Tenet repeatedly claims that a March 2000 cable sent to CIA headquarters reporting tha...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
10/9/2002•911
5 SourcesHandling of 9/11 Hijackers’ Visa Applications Denounced
Visa applications for the 15 Saudi Arabian hijackers are made public, and six separate experts agree: “All of them should have been denied entry [into the US].”...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
8/2/2002•911
1 SourcesCIA Memo Says Evidence of Saudi Government Support for Hijackers Is ‘Incontrovertible’
According to Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL), the 9/11 Congressional Inquiry he co-chairs later will uncover a CIA memo written on this date. The author of the memo writ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
4/24/2002•911
5 SourcesSaudi Prince Said to Meet Suspected Hijacker Associate while Visiting Bush; Three Figures in Saudi Crown Prince’s Entourage Are Wanted by FBI
Crown Prince Abdullah, the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, is due to arrive in Houston, Texas, to meet with President Bush at his ranch in nearby Crawford, Texa...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
10/4/2001•911
7 SourcesBritish Prime Miniter Tony Blair Says 9/11 Hijacker Played ‘Key Role’ in Embassy Bombings
In a key speech about al-Qaeda’s responsibility for the 9/11 attacks, British Prime Minister Tony Blair says that one of the hijackers played a “key role” in th...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
9/13/2001•911
4 Sources18 Hijackers Named, Mysterious Name and Then Hanjour’s Name Follows One Day Later
On September 13, the FBI says there were 18 hijackers, and releases their names. Hani Hanjour’s name is not on the list.[CNN, 9/13/2001]On the morning of the ne...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
9/11/2001•911
21 Sources9/11 Hijackers Leave a Clear Trail of Evidence
Investigators find a remarkable number of possessions left behind by the hijackers:Two of Mohamed Atta’s bags are found on 9/11. They contain a handheld electro...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
9/11/2001•911
CIA Director Tenet Said to Warn Congresspeople about Imminent Attack on the US
On the morning of 9/11, David Welna, National Public Radio’s Congressional correspondent, will say, “I spoke with Congressman Ike Skelton—a Democrat from Missou...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
9/11/2001•911
Three Countries Hear Bin Laden Tell Wife to Return to Afghanistan; This Warning Sets Off ‘Scramble’ in US and Elsewhere
A month after 9/11, the New York Times will report: “Interpreting intercepted communications, which are cryptic and in code, and sorting through all the rumors ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
9/11/2001•911
3 SourcesFBI Agents Are Able to Quickly Find Hijackers Alhazmi and Almihdhar Once the Attacks Are Over
After the 9/11 attacks are over, the New York FBI office learns that one of the hijackers was Khalid Almihdhar. One of the FBI agents at the office, Steve Bonga...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
9/10/2001•911
2 SourcesUS Generals Warned Not to Fly on Morning of 9/11
According to a Newsweek report on September 13, “[t]he state of alert had been high during the past two weeks, and a particularly urgent warning may have been r...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
9/10/2001•911
5 Sources9/11 Hijackers Atta and Alomari Make Mysterious Trip to Portland, Maine
9/11 hijackers Mohamed Atta and Abdulaziz Alomari arrive in Portland, Maine, where they spend the night. In October 2001, the FBI will release detailed informat...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
9/10/2001•911
11 SourcesThree 9/11 Hijackers Stay at Same Hotel as Senior Saudi Official
Three hijackers, Hani Hanjour, Khalid Almihdhar, and Nawaf Alhazmi, check into the same hotel as a prominent Saudi government official, Saleh Ibn Abdul Rahman H...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
9/10/2001•911
2 SourcesNSA Monitors Call as 9/11 Mastermind KSM Gives 9/11 Hijacker Atta Final Approval to Launch Attacks
9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta calls 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (KSM) in Afghanistan. KSM gives final approval to Atta to launch the attacks. The specif...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
9/10/2001•911
2 SourcesUS Intercepts: ‘Watch the News’ and ‘Tomorrow Will Be a Great Day for Us’
US officials later will admit American agents had infiltrated al-Qaeda cells in the US, though how many agents and how long they had been in al-Qaeda remains a ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
9/10/2001•911
3 SourcesNSA Intercepts: ‘The Match Begins Tomorrow’ and ‘Tomorrow Is Zero Hour’
At least two messages in Arabic are intercepted by the NSA. One states, “The match is about to begin” and the other states, “Tomorrow is zero hour.” Later repor...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
9/9/2001•911
4 SourcesBin Laden Tells His Stepmother that Big News Will Come in Two Days
Osama bin Laden calls his stepmother and says, “In two days, you’re going to hear big news and you’re not going to hear from me for a while.”[Daily Telegraph, 1...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
9/7/2001•911
French Give ‘Very Specific Information’ about Possible Attack on US Soil
The French newspaper Le Figaro will report in late 2001 that on this day, “According to Arab diplomatic sources as well as French intelligence, very specific in...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
9/7/2001•911
1 SourcesPriest Is Told of Plot to Attack US and Britain Using Hijacked Airplanes
At a wedding in Todi, Italy, Father Jean-Marie Benjamin is told of a plot to attack the US and Britain using hijacked airplanes as weapons. He is not told speci...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
9/7/2001•911
10 Sources9/11 Hijackers Atta and Alshehhi Allegedly Get Drunk in Florida Bar with Unidentified Man
Two future 9/11 hijackers drink alcohol with an unidentified man. Mohamed Atta spends time drinking with Marwan Alshehhi and a third man at Shuckums, a sports b...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
9/7/2001•911
17 SourcesConfusion over Flight 93 Hijackers’ Arrival in Newark
The four hijackers of flight 93 apparently arrive in Newark from Florida on this day, although there is much confusion over this. Two of them, Ahmed Alnami and ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
9/6/2001•911
1 SourcesCIA Secretly Warns FAA about Imminent, Spectacular Attack from Muslim Fundamentalists
The Daily Mail will later report, “US aviation authorities were warned of a terrorist attack by an Islamic group only days before the September 11 atrocities. T...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
9/5/2001•911
6 SourcesHijacker Alhazmi Is in Police and Motor Vehicle Databases, but FBI Agent Fails to Find His Records
FBI agent Robert Fuller has been tasked to find out if hijackers Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid Almihdhar are in the US, now that their names have been added to a ter...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
9/4/2001•911
7 SourcesFBI Search for 9/11 Hijackers Almihdhar and Alhazmi Finally Begins, but the Search Is Incomplete or Faulty
The FBI’s New York office technically began an investigation to locate 9/11 hijacker Khalid Almihdhar on August 29, but in fact the one inexperienced agent assi...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
9/4/2001•911
1 SourcesFBI Agent Fails to Conduct Simple Credit Card Check that Could Have Stopped 9/11 Attacks
On September 4 and 5, 2001, FBI agent Robert Fuller attempts to find hijackers Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid Almihdhar in the US. However, he fails to perform many b...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
9/4/2001•911
3 SourcesFBI Agent Fails to Search for 9/11 Hijacker Data Present in Private Database
Robert Fuller, an inexperienced FBI agent, searches for hijackers Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid Almihdhar in the US on this day (see September 4-5, 2001). He claims ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
9/1/2001•911
1 SourcesPhone Call Warning of Big Event in the US in Coming Days Is Just One of Many Such Warnings Recorded by CIA
A few days before 9/11, an Islamic radical named Mamdouh Habib is in Pakistan and calls his wife in Australia. Her phone is being monitored by Australian intell...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
9/1/2001•911
4 SourcesPrivate Consumer Databases Reveal Large Credit Card Debt, Multiple Residences of 9/11 Hijackers
In a 2002 speech, former President Bill Clinton will relate information he says he learned from a close friend who works at Acxiom, the world’s largest process...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
9/1/2001•911
2 SourcesNSA Intercepts Phone Calls from Al-Qaeda Leader Zubaida to the US
The NSA intercepts “multiple phone calls from Abu Zubaida, bin Laden’s chief of operations, to the United States.” The timing and information contained in these...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
9/1/2001•911
2 SourcesFBI Confused about 9/11 Hijackers, Suspect They Left Deliberate Trail of Misleading Clues
Journalist Seymour Hersh will write in the New Yorker in late September 2001, “After more than two weeks of around-the-clock investigation into the September 11...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
9/1/2001•911
Bin Laden’s Intercepted Phone Calls Discuss an Operation in the US Around 9/11 Date
According to British inside sources, “shortly before September 11,” bin Laden contacts an associate thought to be in Pakistan. The conversation refers to an inc...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
8/30/2001•911
2 SourcesEgypt Warns Al-Qaeda Is in Advanced Stages of Planning Significant Attack on US
According to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian intelligence warns American officials that bin Laden’s network is in the advanced stages of executing a ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
8/30/2001•911
3 SourcesCIA Finally Tells FBI Al-Qaeda Leader Met 9/11 Hijackers in Malaysia, but Information Is Withheld from Investigators
The CIA finally tells the FBI that al-Qaeda leader Khallad bin Attash attended an al-Qaeda summit in Malaysia in January 2000 with future 9/11 hijackers Khalid ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
8/29/2001•911
Inexperienced FBI Agent Is Assigned to Search for Almihdhar
The FBI’s New York office opens a full field intelligence investigation to locate Khalid Almihdhar. New York FBI agent Robert Fuller, new to the international t...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
8/29/2001•911
5 SourcesFBI Wrongly Opens Intelligence Investigation to Find 9/11 Hijacker Almihdhar, despite Protests that ‘Someday Somebody Will Die’ as a Result
The FBI opens an intelligence investigation to find future 9/11 hijacker Khalid Almihdhar, despite protests from the FBI New York field office that FBI headquar...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
8/28/2001•911
3 SourcesUSSColeInvestigator Receives Almihdhar Memo, FBI Headquarters Forces Him to Delete It
Steve Bongardt, an FBI criminal agent investigating the bombing of the USSCole, receives an e-mail from FBI headquarters asking the FBI’s New York office to sta...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
8/28/2001•911
1 SourcesColeAgent Argues with FBI Headquarters over Search for 9/11 Hijacker Almihdhar
FBI New York agent Steve Bongardt, FBI headquarters agent Dina Corsi, and acting FBI Osama bin Laden unit head Rod Middleton, who is Corsi’s supervisor, discuss...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
8/28/2001•911
4 SourcesFBI Headquarters Allegedly Misrepresents Attorney’s Advice, Ensuring Search for 9/11 Hijacker Almihdhar Is Intelligence Investigation
FBI headquarters agents Dina Corsi and Rod Middleton contact Justice Department lawyer Sherry Sabol to ask her opinion on the search for 9/11 hijacker Khalid Al...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
8/27/2001•911
3 SourcesNSA Approves Passage of Key Information about 9/11 Hijacker Almihdhar toColeInvestigators, but FBI Headquarters Continues to Withhold It
The NSA’s representative to the FBI asks the NSA for permission to pass intelligence information about 9/11 hijackers Khalid Almihdhar and Nawaf Alhazmi to FBI ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
8/25/2001•911
1 SourcesBin Laden Publicly Hints at Attack on US
Bin Laden gives an interview to a Middle Eastern television station visiting him in Afghanistan. According to ABC News, “When asked about his supporters, he say...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
8/25/2001•911
18 Sources9/11 Hijackers Spend Over $30,000 on 9/11 Tickets
All the 9/11 hijackers book their flights for September 11, 2001, using their apparent real names. The total cost of the tickets is in excess of $30,000:August ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
8/23/2001•911
6 Sources9/11 Hijackers Alhazmi and Almihdhar Are Finally Added to Terrorist Watch List
Thanks to the request of Margaret Gillespie, an FBI analyst assigned to the CIA’s Counter Terrorism Center, the CIA sends a cable to the State Department, INS, ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
8/23/2001•911
4 SourcesMossad Reportedly Gives CIA List of Terrorists Living in US; at Least Four 9/11 Hijackers Named
According to German newspapers, the Mossad gives the CIA a list of 19 terrorists living in the US and say that they appear to be planning to carry out an attack...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
8/23/2001•911
9 SourcesMinnesota FBI Agents ‘Absolutely Convinced’ Moussaoui Plans to Hijack Plane; They Are Undermined by FBI Headquarters
In the wake of the French intelligence report (see August 22, 2001) on Zacarias Moussaoui, FBI agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, are “in a frenzy” and “absolute...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
8/22/2001•911
5 SourcesUnclear If Bin Laden Unit Briefs Top CIA Management about 9/11 Hijacker Almihdhar’s Presence in US; Unit Chief Knows He Is Likely Attacker
It is unclear if Alec Station, the CIA’s bin Laden unit, briefs CIA leaders on information that 9/11 hijacker Khalid Almihdhar is in the US. Margaret Gillespie,...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
8/21/2001•911
1 SourcesInmate Warns of Impending Attack in New York
Walid Arkeh, a Jordanian serving time in a Florida prison, is interviewed by FBI agents after warning the government of an impending al-Qaeda attack. He had bee...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
8/21/2001•911
2 SourcesFBI Agents Finally Realize 9/11 Hijacker Almihdhar Is in US
An FBI agent detailed to the CIA’s bin Laden unit locates CIA cables saying that future 9/11 hijacker Nawaf Alhazmi entered the US in early 2000. The agent, Mar...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
8/16/2001•911
2 SourcesMoussaoui’s Belongings Possess Information Sufficient to Roll Up 9/11 Plot
After Zacarias Moussaoui is arrested, the FBI wishes to search his possessions (see August 16, 2001 and August 23-27, 2001). According to a presentation made by...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
8/15/2001•911
1 SourcesCIA Counterterrorism Head: We Are Going to Be Struck Soon and It Could Be in US
Cofer Black, head of the CIA’s Counter Terrorism Center, says in a speech to the Department of Defense’s annual Convention of Counterterrorism, “We are going to...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
8/8/2001•911
4 SourcesIsrael Reportedly Warns of Major Assault on the US
At some point between these dates, Israel warns the US that an al-Qaeda attack is imminent.[Fox News, 5/17/2002]Reportedly, two high-ranking agents from the Mos...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
8/6/2001•911
10 SourcesBush Receives Briefing Titled ‘Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US’
President Bush receives a classified presidential daily briefing (PDB) at his Crawford, Texas ranch indicating that Osama bin Laden might be planning to hijack ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
8/1/2001•911
1 SourcesPersian Gulf Informant Gives Ex-CIA Agent Information About ‘Spectacular Terrorist Operation’
Former CIA agent Robert Baer is advising a prince in a Persian Gulf royal family, when a military associate of this prince passes information to him about a “sp...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
8/1/2001•911
Moroccan Informant Warns US of Large Scale, Imminent Attack in New York
In 1999, a Moroccan named Hassan Dabou infiltrated al-Qaeda for the Moroccan intelligence agency. He was sent to Afghanistan, posing as an Islamic radical on th...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
8/1/2001•911
1 SourcesRussia Warns US of Suicide Pilots
Russian President Vladimir Putin warns the US that suicide pilots are training for attacks on US targets.[Fox News, 5/17/2002]The head of Russian intelligence N...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
8/1/2001•911
4 SourcesBin Laden Boasts in Interview of ‘Very, Very Big Attacks’ Against US
In an interview with the London-based newspaper al-Quds al-Arabi, bin Laden boasts that he is planning an “unprecedented” strike against the US. Abdel-Bari Atwa...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
8/1/2001•911
2 SourcesBin Laden Closes Al-Qaeda’s Afghanistan Training Camps
In a 2007 book about the “Lackawanna Six” entitledThe Jihad Next Door,author Dina Temple-Raston will write that al-Qaeda “shuttered the training camps in August...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
8/1/2001•911
8 SourcesGovernment Informant Warns Congressmen of Plan to Attack the WTC
Randy Glass, a former con artist turned government informant, will later claim that he contacts the staff of Senator Bob Graham (D-NY) and Representative Robert...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
8/1/2001•911
1 SourcesCIA’s Concern over Planned Bin Laden Strikes inside US Are Heightened
The CIA has “developed general information a month before the [9/11] attacks that heightened concerns that Osama bin Laden and his followers were increasingly d...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
8/1/2001•911
1 SourcesBritain Warns US Again; Specifies Multiple Airplane Hijackings
Britain gives the US another warning about an al-Qaeda attack. The previous British warning on July 16, 2001 (see July 16, 2001), was vague as to method, but th...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
7/23/2001•911
1 SourcesCIA Officer Says Al-Qaeda Leader’s Associates like 9/11 Hijacker Almihdhar Are of ‘Very High Interest,’ Mentions Mysterious Almihdhar Connection
Due to a lack of response to a previous request that information about theColebombing and al-Qaeda’s Malaysia summit be passed to the FBI (see July 13, 2001), C...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
7/16/2001•911
British Intelligence Agencies Warn Al-Qaeda Is in the Final Stages of Preparing Attack in the West
British intelligence agencies send a report to British Prime Minister Tony Blair and other top officials warning that al-Qaeda is in “the final stages” of prepa...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
7/13/2001•911
6 SourcesCIA Reexamines Al-Qaeda Malaysia Summit but ‘Major League Killer’ Is Not Put on Watch List
Tom Wilshire, a CIA manager assigned to the FBI who expressed interest two months earlier in surveillance photos from the al-Qaeda Malaysia summit (see January ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
7/11/2001•911
2 SourcesAssistant FBI Director Predicts Terrorist Attack in the US
At a conference on domestic terrorism held in Washington, DC (see July 10-11, 2001), Assistant FBI Director Dale Watson, the head of the Counterterrorism Divisi...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
7/10/2001•911
18 SourcesFBI Agent Sends Memo Warning that Unusual Number of Muslim Extremists Are Learning to Fly in Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona, FBI agent Ken Williams sends a memorandum warning about suspicious activities involving a group of Middle Eastern men taking flight training l...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
7/10/2001•911
32 SourcesCIA Officials Black, Blee, and Tenet Warn National Security Adviser Rice about Possible Imminent Al-Qaeda Attacks
CIA Director George Tenet and two other senior CIA officials give a briefing at the White House in which they present National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
7/8/2001•911
16 Sources9/11 Hijacker Atta Meets Associate Bin Al-Shibh and Possibly Others in Spain to Finalize Attack Plans
Some al-Qaeda operatives hold a meeting in northern Spain to finalize plans for the 9/11 attacks. Those allegedly present are listed below. The first two operat...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
7/6/2001•911
1 SourcesCounterterrorism ‘Tsar’ Clarke Tells Rice to Warn Agencies to Prepare for 3 to 5 Simultaneous Attacks; No Apparent Response
Counterterrorism “tsar” Richard Clarke sends National Security Adviser Rice an e-mail message “outlining a number of steps agreed on” at the Counterterrorism Se...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
7/5/2001•911
3 SourcesPresident Bush Asks for Reports on Domestic Terror Threats
In 2002, Newsweek will report: “The White House acknowledged for the first time, [President] Bush was privately beginning to worry about the stream of terror wa...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
7/5/2001•911
1 SourcesCIA Officer Says Malaysia Summit Attendees May Be Linked to Current Threat Reporting
Tom Wilshire, a CIA officer assigned to the FBI, sends an e-mail to managers at Alec Station, the CIA’s bin Laden unit, saying there is a potential connection b...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
7/4/2001•911
5 Sources9/11 Hijacker Almihdhar Who Should Have Been on Watch List Re-enters US Without Difficulty on Invalid Passport, Lists WTC as Destination
9/11 hijacker Khalid Almihdhar reenters the US. The CIA and FBI have recently been showing interest in him, but have still failed to place him on a watch list o...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
7/1/2001•911
Egypt Warns CIA of 20 Al-Qaeda Operatives in US; Four Training to Fly; CIA Is Not Interested
CBS later reports, in a long story on another topic: “Just days after [Mohamed] Atta return[s] to the US from Spain, Egyptian intelligence in Cairo says it rece...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
7/1/2001•911
1 SourcesTaliban Foreign Minister Tries to Warn US and UN of Huge Attack Inside the US
Taliban Foreign Minister Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil learns that bin Laden is planning a “huge attack” on targets inside America. The attack is imminent, and will ki...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
7/1/2001•911
2 SourcesCIA Rejects Third FBI Request for Malaysia Summit Information
Ali Soufan, an FBI agent working on the investigation into the USSColebombing, submits a third request to the CIA for information about travel by al-Qaeda opera...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
7/1/2001•911
Jordan Warns that Al-Qaeda Is Planning Attack Inside US
In February 2002, it will be reported on the ABC News program Nightline that in July 2001, “Jordanian intelligence picked up an… alarming threat. ABC News has l...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
6/30/2001•911
2 SourcesWhite House Warned ‘Bin Laden Planning High-Profile Attacks’
A Senior Executive Intelligence Brief (SEIB) sent to top White House officials is entitled, “Bin Laden Planning High-Profile Attacks.” It states that bin Laden ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
6/30/2001•911
2 SourcesNew York Times Reporter Told Al-Qaeda Is ‘Planning Something So Big the US Will Have to Respond,’ but Fails to Publish Warning
New York Times reporter Judith Miller learns her government counterterrorism sources are worried that al-Qaeda is going to attack a US target on the Fourth of J...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
6/28/2001•911
3 SourcesCounterterrorism ‘Tsar’ Clarke Warns National Security Adviser Rice that Threat Level Has Reached a Peak
Counterterrorism “tsar” Richard Clarke writes an e-mail to National Security Adviser Rice saying that the pattern of al-Qaeda activity indicating attack planni...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
6/28/2001•911
2 SourcesCIA Director Tenet Warns National Security Adviser Rice of Imminent Al-Qaeda Attack
CIA Director Tenet writes an intelligence summary for National Security Adviser Rice: “It is highly likely that a significant al-Qaeda attack is in the near fut...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
6/28/2001•911
5 SourcesCIA Leaders Told Bin Laden Will Launch Spectacular Attack against US and/or Israeli Targets within Weeks
CIA official Richard Blee gives a briefing on the state of the terrorism threat to CIA Director George Tenet and Counterterrorist Center Director Cofer Black. A...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
6/21/2001•911
4 SourcesSenior Al-Qaeda Officials Say Important Surprises Coming Soon
Baker Atyani, a reporter for the Middle East Broadcasting Company interviews bin Laden. Keeping a promise made to Taliban leader Mullah Omar, bin Laden does not...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
6/13/2001•911
4 Sources9/11 Hijacker Almihdhar Obtains US Visa despite Incorrect Passport and Lies on Application; US Intelligence Knows He Is an Al-Qaeda Operative
Future 9/11 hijacker Khalid Almihdhar obtains a second US visa from the US consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[9/11 Commission, 8/21/2004, pp. 24-25]The visa is ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
6/12/2001•911
2 SourcesCIA Learns KSM Is Sending Operatives to US to Meet Up with Operatives Already There
A CIA report says that a man named “Khaled” is actively recruiting people to travel to various countries, including the US, to stage attacks. CIA headquarters p...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
6/11/2001•911
11 SourcesFBI and CIA Hold Shouting Match over Information on Al-Qaeda; CIA Still Withholds Information
The FBI and the CIA hold a meeting to discuss the investigation into the USSColebombing and a possible connection between it and al-Qaeda’s Malaysia summit (see...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
6/4/2001•911
2 SourcesWarrant Issued for Arrest of 9/11 Hijacker Atta in Florida
A warrant is issued for the arrest of Mohamed Atta in the state of Florida. On April 26, Atta had been stopped in a random inspection near Fort Lauderdale, Flor...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
6/4/2001•911
5 SourcesIllegal Afghans Overheard Discussing New York City Hijacking Attack
At some point in 2000, three men claiming to be Afghans but using Pakistani passports entered the Cayman Islands, possibly illegally.[Miami Herald, 9/20/2001]In...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
6/1/2001•911
3 SourcesTerrorist Threat Reports Surge, Frustration with White House Grows
During this time, President Bush and other top White House officials are given a series of Presidential Daily Briefings relating to an al-Qaeda attack (see Janu...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
6/1/2001•911
3 SourcesGermans Warn of Plan to Use Aircraft as Missiles on US and Israeli Symbols
German intelligence warns the CIA, Britain’s intelligence agency, and Israel’s Mossad that Middle Eastern militants are planning to hijack commercial aircraft t...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
5/30/2001•911
1 SourcesYemenis Are Caught Taking Suspicious New York Photos
Two Yemeni men are detained after guards see them taking photos at 26 Federal Plaza in New York City. They are questioned by INS agents and let go. A few days l...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
5/30/2001•911
2 SourcesCIA Leaders Warn National Security Adviser Rice about Expected Al-Qaeda Attack
During a regularly scheduled weekly meeting between National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice and CIA Director George Tenet, CIA official Richard Blee describe...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
5/25/2001•911
2 SourcesPresident Bush Is Told Bin Laden May Be Hinting about New Attack
A Senior Executive Intelligence Brief (SEIB) sent to top White House officials on May 26, 2001, is entitled, “Bin Laden Network’s Plans Advancing.” Further deta...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
5/24/2001•911
9 Sources9/11 Hijackers Make Several Unexplained Trips to Vegas
Several of the 9/11 hijackers make trips to Las Vegas and the west coast over the summer:May 24-27: Marwan Alshehhi flies to Vegas (see May 24-27, 2001);June 7-...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
5/16/2001•911
3 SourcesUS Warned Bin Laden Supporters Are Inside US and Planning an Attack
On May 16, an anonymous person calls the US embassy in the United Arab Emirates and warns that bin Laden supporters have been in the US and are planning an atta...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
5/15/2001•911
3 SourcesCIA Officer Again Accesses Cables about Hijackers’ Travel in Asia and to US, Fails to Alert FBI or Check If They Are Still in US
Tom Wilshire, a former deputy chief of the CIA’s bin Laden unit currently detailed to the FBI, accesses a number of cables about travel by 9/11 hijackers Khalid...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
5/2/2001•911
4 Sources9/11 Hijacker Ahmed Alghamdi Is Not Stopped from Entering US Despite Praising Bin Laden to Customs Officials and Customs Investigation
9/11 hijackers Majed Moqed and Ahmed Alghamdi arrive in Washington, DC, on the same flight from London. Alghamdi tells the immigration inspector that Osama bin ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
5/2/2001•911
2 Sources9/11 Hijackers Atta and Possibly Jarrah Seen with Al-Qaeda Operative in Miami Immigration Office
Mohamed Atta, Adnan Shukrijumah, and another man go to the Miami District Immigration Office to request a visa extension for the third man, whose identity is no...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
5/2/2001•911
2 SourcesPresident Bush Told Bin Laden’s Public Comments Suggest New Attack
A Senior Executive Intelligence Brief (SEIB) about Osama bin Laden sent to top White House officials on May 3, 2001, is entitled, “Bin Laden Public Profile May ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
5/1/2001•911
2 SourcesCIA Assigns Officer to Examine Malaysia Summit in Her Free Time
CIA manager Tom Wilshire recommends that an officer be assigned to review information about al-Qaeda’s Malaysia summit, to see if there are any connections betw...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
5/1/2001•911
1 SourcesCIA Withholds Photo of Al-Qaeda Leader from FBI
Although three surveillance photographs of al-Qaeda’s Malaysia summit are passed to the FBI at this time (see Late May, 2001 and June 11, 2001), another key pho...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
5/1/2001•911
4 SourcesNSA Picks Up Word of ‘Imminent Terrorist Attacks’
Over a two-month period, the NSA reports “at least 33 communications indicating a possible, imminent terrorist attack.” None of these reports provide any specif...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
5/1/2001•911
6 SourcesFive 9/11 Hijackers Take Advantage of New, Anonymous Visa Express Procedure
The US introduces the “Visa Express” program in Saudi Arabia, which allows any Saudi Arabian to obtain a visa through his or her travel agent instead of appeari...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
4/23/2001•911
5 Sources9/11 ‘Muscle’ Hijackers Arrive in US at This Time or Earlier
The 13 hijackers commonly known as the “muscle” allegedly first arrive in the US. The muscle provides the brute force meant to control the hijacked passengers a...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
4/19/2001•911
3 SourcesPresident Bush Warned ‘Bin Laden Planning Multiple Operations’
On April 19, 2001, the interagency Counterterrorism Security Group (CSG) chaired by counterterrorism “tsar” Richard Clarke discusses recent reports that al-Qaed...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
4/1/2001•911
5 SourcesColeInvestigator Again Asks for Malaysia Information, CIA Again Reveals Nothing
Ali Soufan, a lead investigator into the bombing of the USSCole, again requests information from the CIA about leads turned up by the investigation. He made a s...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
4/1/2001•911
4 SourcesNearly Half of FAA’s Daily Intelligence Summaries Mention Bin Laden or Al-Qaeda; No Action is Taken
In 2005 (see February 10, 2005), it will be revealed that of the FAA’s 105 daily intelligence summaries between these dates, 52 mention bin Laden, al-Qaeda, or ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
4/1/2001•911
5 SourcesFBI Translators Learn Al-Qaeda Suicide Pilots Plan to Hit Skyscrapers in US and Europe
FBI translators Sibel Edmonds and Behrooz Sarshar will later claim to know of an important warning given to the FBI at this time. In their accounts, a reliable ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
3/1/2001•911
5 Sources9/11 Hijackers Continue to Associate with Al-Qaeda-Linked Imam Al-Awlaki
After living together in Phoenix since December 2000, 9/11 hijackers Hani Hanjour and Nawaf Alhazmi move to Falls Church, Virginia, where imam Anwar al-Awlaki p...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
2/1/2001•911
2 SourcesColeInvestigators Interview Source over Identification of Al-Qaeda Leader, CIA Conceals Key Information Leading to Two 9/11 Hijackers
Two FBI agents investigating the bombing of the USSColeinterview a source, referred to later as “Omar,” who previously identified a photo of one of the bombers ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/31/2001•911
5 SourcesBipartisan Commission Issues Final Report on Terrorism, but Conclusions Are Ignored
The final report of the US Commission on National Security/21st Century, co-chaired by former Senators Gary Hart (D-CO) and Warren Rudman (R-NH), is issued. The...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
1/25/2001•911
2 SourcesCounterterrorism ‘Tsar’ Clarke Warns Rice Al-Qaeda Cells Are Inside US and Are ‘Major Threat’
Counterterrorism “tsar” Richard Clarke’s plan to deal with al-Qaeda is given to National Security Adviser Rice on this day. It includes a warning that al-Qaeda ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
1/20/2001•911
4 SourcesPresident Bush Briefed on Al-Qaeda over 40 Times
National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice later testifies to the 9/11 Commission that in the first eight months of Bush’s presidency before 9/11, “the presiden...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
1/12/2001•911
9 Sources16 p.m. September 11, 2001: US Airspace Cleared of All Civilian Aircraft
US airspace is clear of all civilian air traffic, with the exception of a small number of law enforcement and emergency operations aircraft. Otherwise, only mil...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/11/2001•911
27 Sources29 a.m. September 11, 2001: Fighter Jets Finally Reach Air Force One to Escort It
President Bush, his entourage, and reporters accompanying them on board Air Force One notice fighter jets escorting their plane for the first time. Air Force On...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/11/2001•911
1 Sources30 p.m. September 11, 2001: President Bush Sees 9/11 as New Pearl Harbor
Before going to sleep, President Bush writes in his diary, “The Pearl Harbor of the 21st century took place today.… We think it’s Osama bin Laden.”[Washington P...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/11/2001•911
13 Sources45 a.m. September 11, 2001: Air Force One Lands at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana
Air Force One, with President Bush on board, lands at Barksdale Air Force Base—the home of the B-52 bomber—near Shreveport, Louisiana.[New York Times, 9/16/2001...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/10/2001•911
3 Sources00 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. September 11, 2001: President Bush and Vice President Cheney Said to Confer on Shootdown Orders; 9/11 Commission Later Doubts Their Account
According to the 9/11 Commission, Vice President Dick Cheney is told that the Air Force is trying to establish a combat air patrol (CAP) over Washington. Cheney...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/10/2001•911
13 Sources06 a.m. September 11, 2001: Witnesses See Low-Flying, Small White Jet at Flight 93 Crash Site
A second plane, described “as a small, white jet with rear engines and no discernible markings,” is seen by at least ten witnesses flying low and in erratic pat...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/10/2001•911
8 Sources18 a.m.-10:20 a.m. September 11, 2001: Cheney Calls Bush; Receives Shootdown Authorization, According to 9/11 Commission
In a phone call with Vice President Dick Cheney, President Bush authorizes the military to shoot down hostile aircraft. Minutes earlier, in the Presidential Eme...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/10/2001•911
11 Sources06 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 93 Crashes into Filled-in Mine in Pennsylvania Countryside
Flight 93 crashes into an empty field just north of the Somerset County Airport, about 80 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, 124 miles or 15 minutes from Washington...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/10/2001•911
37 Sources30 a.m. September 11, 2001: White House Receives Phone Call in Which Caller Threatens Air Force One
An anonymous phone call is received at the White House in which the caller says Air Force One, the president’s plane, will be the next terrorist target and uses...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/10/2001•911
15 Sources06 a.m. September 11, 2001: Fighters Trailing Flight 93 When It Crashes, According to Some Accounts; Other Accounts Contradict This
Shortly after 9/11, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) will say the nearest fighter jets to Flight 93 at the time it crashes are the F-16s fro...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/10/2001•911
11 Sources06 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 93 Breaks Up Prior to Crash?
Flight 93 apparently starts to break up before it crashes, because debris is found very far away from the crash site.[Philadelphia Daily News, 11/15/2001]The pl...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/10/2001•911
15 Sources05 a.m.-10:08 a.m. September 11, 2001: NEADS Alerted to Flight 93, Reportedly for the First Time
The military liaison at the FAA’s Cleveland Center calls NORAD’s Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS) and alerts it to the hijacked Flight 93. According to the ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/10/2001•911
12 Sources03 a.m. September 11, 2001: Witnesses Notice a Lack of Plane Wreckage at the Flight 93 Crash Scene
Numerous individuals who see the Flight 93 crash site notice a lack of plane wreckage there:Jon Meyer, a reporter with WJAC-TV, will later describe: “I was able...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/10/2001•911
16 Sources28 a.m. September 11, 2001: Some Witnesses Hear Explosions as North Tower Collapses
Many witnesses hear explosions during the collapse of the north WTC tower. Some report hearing a single explosion:Reporter Mike Sheehan hears “another deafenin...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/10/2001•911
11 Sources28 a.m. September 11, 2001: WTC North Tower Collapses
The North Tower of the World Trade Center tilts to the south and then collapses. Its north side was hit by Flight 11 at 8:46, 102 minutes earlier.[CNN, 9/12/200...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/10/2001•911
03 a.m. September 11, 2001: NMCC Learns of Flight 93 Hijacking, NORAD Still Not Told
According to the 9/11 Commission, the NMCC learns about the Flight 93 hijacking at this time. Since the FAA has not yet been patched in to the NMCC’s conference...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/10/2001•911
1 Sources30 a.m. September 11, 2001: Missing Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Finally Enters NMCC
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, missing for at least 30 minutes, finally enters the NMCC, where the military’s response to the 9/11 attacks is being coordina...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/10/2001•911
15 Sources42 a.m. September 11, 2001: Two DC Air National Guard Fighters Take Off, but without Missiles
Two F-16 fighter jets belonging to the District of Columbia Air National Guard (DCANG) take off from Andrews Air Force Base, near Washington, but they have no m...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
7 Sources36 a.m.-10:06 a.m. September 11, 2001: Military Claims It Is Tracking Flight 93 and Ready to Shoot It Down; 9/11 Commission Says Otherwise
According to the later claims of several senior officials, the US military is tracking Flight 93 as it heads east and is ready to shoot it down if necessary.Acc...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
20 Sources03 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 175 Crashes into WTC South Tower; Millions Watch Live on Television
Flight 175 hits the South Tower of the World Trade Center (Tower Two). Seismic records pinpoint the time at six seconds before 9:03 a.m. (rounded to 9:03 a.m.)....
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
7 Sources54 a.m. September 11, 2001: President Bush Leaves Sarasota on Air Force One
Air Force One takes off from off from Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport in Florida with President Bush on board.[USA Today, 9/11/2001;Washington Post, 1/...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
36 Sources37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Passenger Mark Bingham Calls His Mother from Flight 93 and Tells Her about the Hijacking
Mark Bingham, a passenger on Flight 93, calls his mother from the plane and tells her his flight has been taken over by three men who say they have a bomb.[Fede...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
10 Sources37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 77 Crashes into Reinforced Section of the Pentagon, Killing 189
Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon. All 64 people on the plane are killed. A hundred-and-twenty-four people working in the building are killed, and a further v...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
1 Sources34 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA Mentions in Passing to NORAD that Flight 77 Is Missing
According to the 9/11 Commission, NEADS contacts Washington flight control to ask about Flight 11. A manager there happens to mention, “We’re looking—we also lo...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
20 Sources03 a.m. September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Receives His Intelligence Briefing, despite Being Aware of the Crisis
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld goes ahead with his daily intelligence briefing in his office at the Pentagon, even though Denny Watson, his CIA briefer, u...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
11 Sources59 a.m. September 11, 2001: South Tower of WTC Collapses
The South Tower of the World Trade Center tilts to the southeast and then collapses. It was hit by Flight 175 at 9:03 a.m., 56 minutes earlier (see 9:03 a.m. Se...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
4 Sources30 a.m. September 11, 2001: President Bush Makes a Scheduled Speech; Proclaims Terrorist Attack on Our Country
Still inside Booker Elementary School, President Bush gives a brief speech in front of about 200 students, plus many teachers and reporters.[Daily Mail, 9/8/200...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
15 Sources58 a.m. September 11, 2001: Vice President Cheney and Wife Enter Emergency Operations Center under the White House
Vice President Dick Cheney, accompanied by his wife, enters the Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC), a bunker below the East Wing of the White House...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
7 Sources45 a.m. and 9:56 a.m. September 11, 2001: Counterterrorism ‘Tsar’ Clarke Initiates Continuity of Government Plan
At some point after the White House is ordered to evacuate and while Air Force One is preparing to take off in Florida, counterterrorism “tsar” Richard Clarke a...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
3 Sources57 a.m. September 11, 2001: Passengers Begin Attempt to Regain Control of Flight 93
One of the hijackers in the cockpit asks if anything is going on, apparently meaning outside the cockpit. “Fighting,” the other says.[Longman, 2002, pp. 210]An ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
34 Sources20 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. September 11, 2001: Solicitor General Olson Receives a Second Call from His Wife on Flight 77
Barbara Olson, a passenger on Flight 77, talks over the phone with her husband, Ted Olson, the solicitor general of the United States, for a second time and is ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
7 Sources24 a.m. September 11, 2001: By Some Accounts, FAA Notifies NORAD Flight 77 Is Hijacked and Washington-Bound; 9/11 Commission Claims This Never Happens
Shortly after 9/11, NORAD reported that the FAA notified them at this time that Flight 77 “may” have been hijacked and that it appears headed toward Washington....
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
21 Sources36 a.m. September 11, 2001: Vice President Cheney Evacuated from Office, according to Some Accounts
Vice President Dick Cheney is taken by the Secret Service from his office to an underground tunnel leading to the Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
6 Sources26 a.m. September 11, 2001: Cheney Given Updates on Unidentified Flight 77 Heading toward Washington; Says ‘Orders Still Stand’; but Accounts Differ on Timing and Identity of the Plane
According to some accounts, Vice President Dick Cheney is in the Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC) below the White House by this time, along with ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
20 Sources25 a.m.-9:30 a.m. September 11, 2001: Langley Jets Take off, but Are Delayed during Launch
The three F-16 fighter jets ordered to scramble from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia (see 9:24 a.m. September 11, 2001) take off and, radar data will show, a...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
16 Sources08 a.m.-9:13 a.m. September 11, 2001: President Bush Listens to Children Reading, despite Knowing the US Is under Attack
President Bush stays in a classroom at the Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida, and listens to the students reading a story about a pet goat f...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
38 Sources15 a.m. and 9:25 a.m. September 11, 2001: Solicitor General Olson Is Called by His Wife on Flight 77
Barbara Olson, a passenger on Flight 77, talks over the phone with her husband, Ted Olson, the solicitor general of the United States, and gives details of the ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
10 Sources33 a.m. September 11, 2001: Secret Service Asks DC Air National Guard If It Can Launch Fighters
The Secret Service calls the District of Columbia Air National Guard (DCANG) at Andrews Air Force Base, just outside Washington, and asks if it can get fighter ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
15 Sources09 a.m. and After September 11, 2001: Numerous False Reports of Hijacked Aircraft Cause Confusion
Numerous reports incorrectly claiming that aircraft have been hijacked are received while the terrorist attacks are taking place and into the afternoon.[Code On...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
7 Sources59 a.m. September 11, 2001: EMT Worker Given Message That WTC Towers Are Going to Collapse; High-Level Officials Evacuate Lobby of North Tower
In the lobby of Building 7 of the WTC, EMS Division Chief John Peruggia is in discussion with Fire Department Captain Richard Rotanz and a representative from t...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
14 Sources38 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. September 11, 2001: Rumsfeld Spends Brief Time at Pentagon Crash Scene and Helps Carry a Stretcher; Accounts Conflict over Details
Within seconds of the Pentagon being hit, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld rushed out of his office and headed toward the crash scene (see 9:38 a.m. September ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
15 Sources05 a.m. September 11, 2001: National Security Adviser Rice Tries to Assemble National Security Team, but Cannot Reach Key Officials
National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice tries to gather together the principals of the National Security Council (NSC), but is unable to get in touch with ke...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
18 Sources00 a.m. September 11, 2001: 9/11-Style Simulation Set to Commence at Agency near Pentagon
A training exercise is scheduled to begin at a US intelligence agency located just over 20 miles from the Pentagon, based around the scenario of a small corpora...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
4 Sources21 a.m. September 11, 2001: Boston Air Traffic Control Center Mistakenly Tells NEADS Flight 11 Is Still Airborne
According to the 9/11 Commission, NEADS is contacted by the FAA’s Boston Center. Colin Scoggins, Boston Center’s military liaison, tells it: “I just had a repor...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
15 Sources59 a.m. September 11, 2001: Some Witnesses Hear Explosions as South Tower Collapses
Numerous witnesses, including firefighters and other rescue workers, hear explosions at the start of, and during, the collapse of the south WTC tower. Some of ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
12 Sources45 a.m.-9:58 a.m. September 11, 2001: Passenger Todd Beamer Describes Situation on Flight 93, Though Accounts Are Contradictory
After having trouble getting authorization on an Airfone to call his family (see 9:43 a.m. September 11, 2001), Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer is able to speak...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
19 Sources02 a.m. September 11, 2001: President Bush Enters the Classroom to Participate in a Reading Demonstration
President Bush enters the second-grade classroom of teacher Sandra Kay Daniels at the Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida, where he is going t...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
8 Sources32 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 93 Hijacker Tells Passengers Bomb Is Onboard; Air Traffic Controller Overhears
At the FAA’s Cleveland Center, an air traffic controller hears a transmission, presumably made by Flight 93 hijacker-pilot Ziad Jarrah, stating: “Ladies and gen...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
3 Sources20 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA Sets Up Ineffectual Hijacking Teleconference
The FAA sets up a hijacking teleconference with several agencies, including the Defense Department. This is almost one hour after the FAA’s Boston flight contro...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
18 Sources29 a.m.-9:34 a.m. September 11, 2001: Pentagon Command Center Holds Significant Event Conference Call
The National Military Command Center (NMCC) at the Pentagon finally commences and runs a “significant event conference” in response to the ongoing crisis, 26 mi...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
12 Sources45 a.m. September 11, 2001: Senior FAA Manager, on His First Day on the Job, Orders All Planes Out of the Sky Nationwide
Ben Sliney, FAA’s National Operations Manager, orders the entire nationwide air traffic system shut down. All flights at US airports are stopped. Around 3,950 f...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
16 Sources34 a.m. September 11, 2001: President Bush’s Motorcade Leaves the School for the Airport, but Initially Heads in the Wrong Direction
President Bush’s motorcade leaves the Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida, to take Bush and his entourage to Air Force One, but it initially h...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
5 Sources28 a.m. September 11, 2001: Hijackers Take over Flight 93
The 9/11 Commission will later conclude that the four hijackers take over Flight 93 at 9:28 a.m., one minute after the plane’s crew made their last communicatio...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
11 Sources28 a.m. September 11, 2001: Cleveland Flight Control Hears Sounds of Struggle as Flight 93 Is Hijacked
According to the 9/11 Commission, less than a minute after Flight 93 acknowledged a routine radio transmission from the FAA’s Cleveland Center (see 9:27 a.m. Se...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
22 Sources07 a.m. September 11, 2001: Bush’s Chief of Staff Card Tells the President that a Second Plane Has Hit the WTC and America Is under Attack
Andrew Card, President Bush’s chief of staff, enters the classroom where Bush is participating in a reading demonstration, and tells him about the second crash ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
19 Sources03 a.m. September 11, 2001: Vice President Cheney Evacuated from Office, Earlier than Some Accounts Claim
Vice President Dick Cheney is taken by the Secret Service from his White House office toward the Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC) below the East ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
11 Sources38 a.m. September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Dashes toward Crash Site Seconds after Pentagon Is Hit
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld heads for the crash site immediately after the Pentagon is hit. At the time of the attack, Rumsfeld is in his office procee...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
38 Sources58 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 93 Passenger Edward Felt Makes 911 Call from Bathroom Using Cell Phone
An emergency call is received at the 911 center in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, from Edward Felt, a passenger on Flight 93.[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 9/8...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
24 Sources37 a.m.-9:39 a.m. September 11, 2001: Pentagon Command Center Begins Air Threat Conference Call
The National Military Command Center (NMCC) at the Pentagon commences an “air threat conference” at 9:37 a.m. in response to the terrorist attacks, which will l...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
7 Sources37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Langley Fighters Still Short of Washington; Where and Why Is Not Clear
Accounts differ as to how far from Washington the F-16 fighters scrambled from Langley are when Flight 77 crashes. The Langley, Virginia, base is 129 miles from...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
11 Sources45 a.m. September 11, 2001: White House Evacuated after Secret Service Learns of Plane en Route to Washington
The White House is evacuated after the Secret Service receives what the Associated Press describes as a credible threat of a terrorist attack against it.[Associ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
4 Sources53 p.m. September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld’s Assistant Notes that Three 9/11 Hijackers Were Followed by CIA since 2000
Stephen Cambone, the Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, makes the following note for Defense Secretary Rumsfeld at an emergency policy meeti...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/9/2001•911
9 Sources49 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA Command Center Suggests Launching Fighters in Response to Flight 93; FAA Headquarters Unable to Request Them
John White, a manager at the FAA’s Command Center, suggests to Doug Davis, the special assistant for technical operations in air traffic services at FAA headqua...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
8 Sources30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. January 5, 2000: CIA Bin Laden Unit Blocks Notification to FBI about Hijacker Almihdhar’s US Visa
Doug Miller, an FBI agent assigned to Alec Station, the CIA’s bin Laden unit, reads CIA cables reporting that 9/11 hijacker Khalid Almihdhar has a US visa and d...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/9/2001•911
9 Sources30 a.m.-9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Langley Fighters Fly East over Ocean instead of North toward Washington
The three F-16s that took off from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia (see (9:25 a.m.-9:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001) head east, out over the Atlantic Ocean, ins...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
6 Sources16 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 93 Reported Hijacked before Hijacking Supposedly Occurs, According to Some Accounts; One Hijacker May Have Snuck into Cockpit Early
According to an early timeline laid out to CNN by unnamed but “informed defense officials,” the FAA informs NORAD at this time that Flight 93 may have been hija...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/9/2001•911
10 Sources09 a.m.-9:13 a.m. September 11, 2001: Otis Fighters Remain in Holding Pattern over Ocean instead of Defending New York City
The two F-15 fighter jets launched from Otis Air National Guard Base in response to Flight 11 (see 8:46 a.m. September 11, 2001) have been directed to “Whiskey ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/8/2001•911
11 Sources30 a.m. September 11, 2001: US Military Holding ‘Practice Armageddon’ Nationwide Training Exercise
As the 9/11 attacks are taking place, a large military training exercise called Global Guardian is said to be “in full swing.” It has been going on since the pr...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/8/2001•911
23 Sources44 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 11 Attendant Amy Sweeney Gives Updates over the Phone as Plane Approaches WTC
Amy Sweeney, a flight attendant on Flight 11, gives updates over the phone to Michael Woodward, an American Airlines flight services manager at Logan Internatio...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/8/2001•911
11 Sources43 a.m. September 11, 2001: Airline Reservations Office Loses Contact with Flight 11 Attendant Betty Ong
Employees at the American Airlines Southeastern Reservations Office in Cary, North Carolina, lose communication with Betty Ong, a flight attendant on the hijack...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/8/2001•911
4 Sources46 a.m. September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Learns of First WTC Attack
Larry Di Rita, a special assistant to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, has sent a note to Rumsfeld to inform him of the first plane hitting the World Trade Ce...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/8/2001•911
9 Sources51 a.m.-8:54 a.m. September 11, 2001: Hijackers Take Over Flight 77
The 9/11 Commission says the hijacking of Flight 77 takes place between 8:51 a.m., when the plane transmits its last routine radio communication (see 8:51 a.m. ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/8/2001•911
10 Sources46 a.m. September 11, 2001: Hijacker’s Passport Allegedly Found near the World Trade Center
The passport of 9/11 hijacker Satam Al Suqami is reportedly found a few blocks from the World Trade Center.[ABC News, 9/12/2001;Associated Press, 9/16/2001;ABC ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/8/2001•911
4 Sources50 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA Establishes Phone Bridges, Including with the Military, Earlier than Claimed by 9/11 Commission
According to a statement by two high-level FAA officials, “Within minutes after the first aircraft hit the World Trade Center, the FAA immediately established s...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/8/2001•911
18 Sources46 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 11 Hits the North Tower of the World Trade Center
Flight 11 slams into the WTC North Tower (Building 1). Hijackers Mohamed Atta Waleed Alshehri, Wail Alshehri, Abdulaziz Alomari, and Satam Al Suqami presumably ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/8/2001•911
11 Sources24 a.m. September 11, 2001: Boston Air Traffic Controllers Hear Flight 11 Hijacker Say, ‘We Have Some Planes,’ but Uncertain of Origin of Transmission
Because the talkback button on Flight 11 has been activated, Boston Center air traffic controllers can hear a hijacker on board say to the passengers: “We have ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/8/2001•911
6 Sources30 p.m. September 11, 2001: President Bush Gives Third Speech, Declares Bush Doctrine
From the White House Oval Office, President Bush gives a seven-minute address to the nation on live television.[CNN, 9/11/2001;CNN, 9/12/2001;Woodward, 2002, pp...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/8/2001•911
9 Sources14 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 11 Is Hijacked, but Pilot Makes No Distress Call
The 9/11 Commission will later conclude that Flight 11 is hijacked at 8:14 or shortly after. It will state, “Information supplied by eyewitness accounts indicat...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/8/2001•911
28 Sources55 a.m. September 11, 2001: President Bush Is First Told about the Crash at the WTC by Adviser Rove, according to Some Accounts
President Bush is told that a plane has crashed into the World Trade Center for the first time by Karl Rove, his senior adviser, according to some accounts, alt...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/8/2001•911
20 Sources37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Boston Center Notifies NEADS of Hijacking, against Normal Procedures; Accounts Conflict over Timing
The FAA’s Boston Center calls NORAD’s Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS) in Rome, NY, to alert it to the suspected hijacking of Flight 11. According to the 9/...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/8/2001•911
9 Sources46 a.m. September 11, 2001: New York Center Air Traffic Controllers Notice Problems with Flight 175
After being focused on Flight 11, Dave Bottiglia, an air traffic controller at the FAA’s New York Center, first notices problems with Flight 175.[MSNBC, 9/11/20...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/8/2001•911
15 Sources53 a.m.-9:05 a.m. September 11, 2001: Otis Fighters Head toward New York Area; Accounts Conflict over Exact Destination
The two F-15 fighter jets launched from Otis Air National Guard Base in Cape Cod respond to the hijacking of Flight 11, but there will be conflicting accounts r...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/8/2001•911
11 Sources52 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 175 Attendant Reports Plane Has Been Hijacked; Accounts Conflict over Details
A flight attendant on Flight 175 calls the United Airlines maintenance office in San Francisco and speaks with Marc Policastro, an employee there. The attendant...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/8/2001•911
20 Sources19 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 11 Attendant Betty Ong Describes Emergency on Her Plane
Betty Ong, a flight attendant on Flight 11, begins relaying information about the trouble on her plane to employees at the American Airlines Southeastern Reserv...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/8/2001•911
10 Sources46 a.m. September 11, 2001: Otis Fighters Launched toward Flight 11
Two F-15 fighter jets are scrambled from Otis Air National Guard Base in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, which is 153 miles from New York City. The fighters are launch...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/8/2001•911
15 Sources56 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 77’s Transponder Signal Disappears, yet NEADS Is Not Alerted
Flight 77’s transponder is turned off, meaning that the aircraft’s speed, altitude, and flight information are no longer visible on radar displays at the FAA’s ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/8/2001•911
5 Sources42 a.m. and 8:46 a.m. September 11, 2001: Hijackers Take Over Flight 175
According to the 9/11 Commission, Flight 175 is hijacked some time between 8:42—when its flight crew make their last communication with the ground—and 8:46. The...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/8/2001•911
5 Sources43 a.m. September 11, 2001: NORAD Reportedly Notified that Flight 175 Has Been Hijacked, 9/11 Commission Will Dispute This
After 9/11, NORAD and other sources will claim that NORAD’s Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS) is notified at this time that Flight 175 has been hijacked.[Was...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/8/2001•911
15 Sources53 a.m.-9:05 a.m. September 11, 2001: Otis Fighters Fly toward New York Area; Accounts Unclear over Speed
The two F-15 fighter jets that took off from Otis Air National Guard Base in Cape Cod head toward the New York area. But accounts will be unclear regarding what...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/8/2001•911
30 Sources32 a.m.-8:44 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 11 Attendant Amy Sweeney Talks on Phone with Airline Manager at Logan Airport, Gives Details of Hijacking
Amy Sweeney, a flight attendant on Flight 11, reaches the American Airlines flight services office at Logan International Airport in Boston for the third time, ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/8/2001•911
4 Sources13 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 11 Makes Its Last Communication with Air Traffic Control
The last routine communication takes place between air traffic control and the pilots of Flight 11 at 8:13 and 29 seconds. Boston Center air traffic controller ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/8/2001•911
4 Sources51 a.m.-8:53 a.m. September 11, 2001: Air Traffic Controller Declares Flight 175 as Possibly Hijacked
According to the 9/11 Commission, Dave Bottiglia, the air traffic controller handling Flight 175, only notices now that this flight’s transponder signal has cha...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/8/2001•911
29 Sources48 a.m. and 8:55 a.m. September 11, 2001: Members of the President’s Staff Learn of the Crash at the WTC, but Bush Is Not Informed
White House officials and reporters who are traveling with President Bush in Florida learn that a plane has crashed into the World Trade Center while they are b...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/8/2001•911
4 Sources25 a.m. September 11, 2001: Boston Center Starts Notifying Chain of Command
Boston flight control begins notifying the chain of command that a suspected hijacking of Flight 11 is in progress. Those notified include the center’s own faci...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/7/2001•911
7 Sources00 p.m. January 5, 2000: CIA Officer Sends out Cable with False Claim FBI Has Been Told of Hijacker Almihdhar’s US Visa
CIA officer Michael Anne Casey sends out a cable saying the information that 9/11 hijacker Khalid Almihdhar has a US visa has been sent to the FBI “for further ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/6/2001•911
5 Sources54 p.m. September 11, 2001: President Bush Returns to White House
President Bush arrives at the White House, after exiting Air Force One at 6:42 p.m. and flying across Washington in a helicopter.[Salon, 9/12/2001;CNN, 9/12/200...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/6/2001•911
10 Sources20 a.m.-7:48 a.m. September 11, 2001: Hijackers Arrive at Airports and Board Flights; Computer Screening Program Fails to Stop Them
All the alleged 9/11 hijackers reportedly check in at the airports from where they board Flights 11, 175, 77, and 93.[9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 1-4;9/11 C...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/6/2001•911
5 Sources00 a.m. September 11, 2001: Two 9/11 Hijackers Fly to Boston Airport
9/11 hijackers Mohamed Atta and Abdulaziz Alomari’s flight from Portland to Boston takes off.[Federal Bureau of Investigation, 10/4/2001]Their plane, Colgan Air...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/6/2001•911
17 Sources30 a.m. September 11, 2001: NORAD on Alert for Emergency Exercises
Lieutenant Colonel Dawne Deskins and other day shift employees at NORAD’s Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS) in Rome, NY, start their workday. NORAD is conduc...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/6/2001•911
12 Sources42 p.m. September 11, 2001: Rumsfeld, Shelton, White, and Senators Give News Briefing on Attacks
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and four other senior officials give a news briefing at the Pentagon, which is broadcast live around the world, to reassure...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/6/2001•911
2 Sources00 a.m. September 11, 2001: Two Hours Before Attacks, Israeli Company Employees Receive Warnings
Two employees of Odigo, Inc., an Israeli company, receive warnings of an imminent attack in New York City about two hours before the first plane hits the WTC. O...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
1/5/2001•911
13 Sources43 a.m. September 11, 2001: 9/11 Hijackers Check in at Portland Airport; Atta Becomes Angry with Ticket Agent
9/11 hijackers Mohamed Atta and Abdulaziz Alomari check in at the US Airways counter at Portland International Jetport.[Portland Press Herald, 10/5/2001;Federal...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/5/2001•911
2 SourcesFrench Report Al-Qaeda Plan to Hijack Plane Possibly Headed to US; CIA Apparently Informed
A five page summary French intelligence report dated on this day is entitled “Hijacking of an Airplane by Radical Islamists.” The report details tactical discus...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
1/5/2001•911
13 Sources20 p.m. September 11, 2001: WTC Building 7 Collapses; Cause Remains Unclear
Building 7 of the World Trade Center complex, a 47-story tower, collapses. No one is killed.[CNN, 9/12/2001;Washington Post, 9/12/2001;MSNBC, 9/22/2001;Associat...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/4/2001•911
6 SourcesInformer Sees Known Al-Qaeda Leader in Malaysia Summit Photos
A CIA officer in Islamabad, Pakistan, known only as “Chris” shows a source known as “Omar,” who provides information on al-Qaeda, photographs of future 9/11 hij...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/4/2001•911
12 Sources30 p.m. September 11, 2001: WTC Building 7 Area Is Evacuated due to Anticipated Collapse
According to numerous rescue and recovery workers, the area around World Trade Center Building 7 is evacuated at this time.[Kansas City Star, 3/28/2004]For exam...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/4/2001•911
5 Sources9/11 Hijackers Alhazmi, Almihdhar, and Al-Qaeda Leader Not Watchlisted, Despite Connection to Al-Qaeda Malaysia Summit
After an informant identifies a photo of al-Qaeda leader Khallad bin Attash for the CIA, indicating that he was at al-Qaeda’s Malaysia summit (see January 4, 20...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/3/2001•911
9 Sources15 p.m. September 11, 2001: President Bush Meets with Top Officials via Video Conference Call
At Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, President Bush convenes the first meeting of the National Security Council since the attacks occurred.[Woodward, 2002, pp....
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/2/2001•911
17 Sources50 p.m. September 11, 2001: President Bush Arrives at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska
Air Force One, with President Bush on board, lands at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, Nebraska, accompanied by two F-16 fighter jets.[Salon, 9/12/2001;Bamford...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/2/2001•911
2 Sources00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. September 11, 2001: Decision Made to Abandon WTC 7
The chief fire officer who has been assigned to take charge of operations at WTC Building 7 meets with his command officer, to discuss the condition of this bui...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key day of 9 11 events).
1/1/2001•911
2 SourcesThreat Alerts Increase to Record High
Congressman Porter Goss (R-FL), Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, later says on the intelligence monitoring of US-designated terrorist groups, “The ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
1/1/2001•911
8 SourcesFlight School’s Repeated Warnings About Hijacker Hanjour Ignored by FAA
In January 2001, the Arizona flight school JetTech alerts the FAA about hijacker Hani Hanjour. No one at the school suspects Hanjour of terrorist intent, but th...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/1/2001•911
4 SourcesBin Laden Speech Mentions 20 Martyrs in Upcoming Attack; Other Hints of Attack Spread Widely
Word begins to spread within al-Qaeda that an attack against the US is imminent, according to later prison interrogations of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. Many within...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
1/1/2001•911
3 SourcesUS Customs Investigate Three Hijackers Before 9/11
In the wake of the foiled al-Qaeda plot to blow up hotels in Jordan during the millennium celebrations, Jordan gives tips to the US that launch a Customs invest...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/1/2001•911
1 SourcesIsrael Warns US of ‘Big Attack’
The Associated Press will report in May 2002, “Israeli intelligence services were aware several months before Sept. 11 that bin Laden was planning a large-scale...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
1/1/2001•911
7 Sources9/11 Hijacker Atta Receives $100,000 from Pakistan
9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta receives $100,000 from accounts in Pakistan. The money is transferred to two of his accounts in Florida.[Fox News, 10/2/2001;Associat...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/1/2001•911
2 SourcesAl-Qaeda Plot Described as Upcoming ‘Hiroshima’ on US Soil
After 9/11, Secretary of State Colin Powell will claim that the Bush administration received a “lot of signs” throughout the summer of 2001 that Islamic militan...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
1/1/2001•911
Jordan Warns US that Aircraft Will Be Used in Major Attack Inside the US
Jordanian intelligence (the GID) makes a communications intercept deemed so important that King Abdullah’s men relay it to Washington, probably through the CIA ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
1/1/2001•911
2 SourcesBin Laden Tells Mother He Cannot Call Her Again Due to Upcoming ‘Great Events’
Der Spiegel will later report that in a “very brief conversation Osama [tells] his mother that he [will] not be able to call again for a long time, a remark tha...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
1/1/2001•911
3 SourcesNSA Intercepts Calls between 9/11 Hijacker Atta and 9/11 Mastermind KSM; Fails to Share This with Other Agencies
Around this time, the NSA intercepts telephone conversations between 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (KSM) and 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta, but apparently...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
12/29/2000•911
8 Sources9/11 Hijackers Atta and Alshehhi Receive Training in a Flight Simulator
Having finished their flight training at Huffman Aviation and passed their commercial pilot license tests (see August 14-December 19, 2000), future 9/11 hijacke...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
12/1/2000•911
1 SourcesSome CIA Officers Speculate 9/11 Hijacker Almihdhar May Be Al-Qaeda Leader Bin Attash, FBI Not Informed
Because the CIA thinks 9/11 hijacker Khalid Almihdhar and al-Qaeda leader Khallad bin Attash are in the same place at the same time—in Bangkok, Thailand, for a ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
12/1/2000•911
4 SourcesConfession Brings FBI Close to Learning about Hijackers Coming to US, but CIA Withholds Key Information Again
In late October 2000, al-Qaeda operative Fahad al-Quso was interrogated by authorities in Yemen, and FBI agent Ali Soufan was able to use that information to di...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
11/1/2000•911
2 SourcesFBI Formally Asks CIA about Al-Qaeda Leader and Possible Meeting in Southeast Asia, but Gets No Answer
Based on information obtained during the investigation of the USSColebombing (see Late October-Late November 2000), the FBI asks the CIA for information about a...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
10/12/2000•911
1 Sources9/11 Hijacker Almihdhar in Yemen, Reportedly Involved inColeBombing
9/11 hijacker Khalid Almihdhar is in Yemen when the USSColeis attacked in Aden harbor there (see October 12, 2000), and is reported to have had a role in the bo...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
9/10/2000•911
1 SourcesBritish Banking Company Profiles Fifteen 9/11 Hijackers as High-Risk Likely Terrorists
Global Objectives, a British banking compliance company, identifies fifteen of the 9/11 hijackers as high-risk people and establishes profiles for them. The hij...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
9/1/2000•911
8 SourcesChart with Hijacker Atta’s Photo Presented by Able Danger at SOCOM Headquarters; Meetings with FBI Cancelled
Members of a US Army intelligence unit tasked with assembling information about al-Qaeda have prepared a chart that includes the names and photographs of four f...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
9/1/2000•911
3 SourcesAble Danger Data Collection Begins Again; Mohamed Atta Supposedly Identified Again
The Able Danger data collection program—which lost the support of the US Army’s Land Information Warfare Activity (LIWA) unit last April (see April 2000)—is rec...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
9/1/2000•911
1 SourcesJordan Tells US of Connection Between Al-Marabh, Hijazi, and 9/11 Hijacker
Raed Hijazi, Nabil al-Marabh’s former Boston roommate, is tried and convicted in Jordan for his role in planned millennium bombings in that country. (Hijazi is ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
9/1/2000•911
4 SourcesArmy Intelligence Unit Said to Discover Hijackers Renting Rooms at New Jersey Motels
According to an anonymous Able Danger official speaking to the Bergen Record, a US Army intelligence unit tasked with assembling information about al-Qaeda netw...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
7/6/2000•911
10 Sources9/11 Hijackers Atta and Alshehhi Attend Huffman Aviation Flight School
9/11 hijackers Marwan Alshehhi and Mohamed Atta attend Huffman Aviation, a flight school in Venice, Florida and enroll in its Accelerated Pilot Program, aiming ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
7/1/2000•911
4 Sources9/11 Hijackers Atta and Alshehhi Frequent Bars and Drink Alcohol in Venice, Florida
While attending flight school in Venice, Florida (see July 6-December 19, 2000), Mohamed Atta and Marwan Alshehhi regularly visit a couple of local bars. Most n...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
7/1/2000•911
5 SourcesConsular Official Who Issues 9/11 Hijackers with 12 Visas Arrives in Jeddah
Shayna Steinger, a consular official who issues the future 9/11 hijackers with 12 US visas, arrives at the US consulate in Jeddah to start her first Foreign Ser...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
6/27/2000•911
5 Sources9/11 Hijacker Jarrah Enters the US; Begins Flight Training in Violation of Immigration Status
Ziad Jarrah, the alleged pilot of Flight 93, arrives in the US, flying from Munich to Atlanta, Georgia (or Newark, according to the 9/11 Commission). He enters ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
6/1/2000•911
2 Sources9/11 Hijacker Almihdhar Stays in Yemen Hub House Closely Monitored by US Intelligence
When 9/11 hijacker Khalid Almihdhar leaves the US in June (see June 10, 2000), he flies to Frankfurt, Germany, and then to Oman in the Middle East.[US Congress...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
5/10/2000•911
14 SourcesFBI Informant Fails to Share Valuable Information on 9/11 Hijackers Alhazmi and Almihdhar
While future 9/11 hijackers Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid Almihdhar live in the house of an FBI informant, Abdussattar Shaikh, the asset continues to have contact wi...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
4/1/2000•911
3 Sources9/11 Hijacker Atta Leaves Numerous Clues While Seeking Crop-Dusting Airplane Loan
9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta reportedly has a very strange meeting with Johnelle Bryant of the US Department of Agriculture. Incidentally, this meeting takes plac...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
4/1/2000•911
7 SourcesBritish Man Tells FBI about Al-Qaeda Plot to Hijack Plane in US, Possibly Fly It into Building
Niaz Khan, a British citizen originally from Pakistan, is recruited into an al-Qaeda plot.Khan’s Story– In early 2000 he is flown to Lahore, Pakistan, and then ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
3/5/2000•911
8 SourcesCIA Learns 9/11 Hijackers Alhazmi and Almihdhar Have Entered US, but Does Not Tell FBI or Other Agencies
After being prompted by CIA colleagues in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to provide information about what happened to future 9/11 hijackers Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid A...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
2/4/2000•911
9 Sources9/11 Hijackers Alhazmi and Almihdhar Live Openly in San Diego Apartment Complex
Hijackers Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid Almihdhar move to San Diego and live there openly.[US Congress, 7/24/2003, pp. 135]They move into apartment 150 in the Parkwo...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
2/1/2000•911
1 SourcesCIA Rejects Foreign Request for Involvement with 9/11 Hijacker Almihdhar Search Due to Own Investigation
The 9/11 Congressional Inquiry will later report, “[I]n February 2000, CIA rejected a request from foreign authorities to become involved [in the search for and...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/30/2000•911
6 Sources9/11 Hijacker Jarrah Detained and Questioned at Dubai Airport, Maybe Because He Is on US Watch List
Future 9/11 hijacker pilot Ziad Jarrah is briefly detained and questioned at the Dubai airport (see January 30-31, 2000), and some reports will suggest this is ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/30/2000•911
4 SourcesUAE Wants to Arrest 9/11 Hijacker Jarrah; US Says No and Promises to Track Him
The UAE wants to arrest future 9/11 hijacker Ziad Jarrah, but US officials say they will track him instead, according to United Arab Emirates (UAE) officials. I...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/15/2000•911
11 SourcesSuspected Advance Man Al-Bayoumi Helps 9/11 Hijackers Settle in San Diego
Omar al-Bayoumi, a suspected Saudi spy, goes to great lengths to help future 9/11 hijackers Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid Almihdhar settle in San Diego. Supposedly, ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/15/2000•911
3 Sources9/11 Hijackers Alhazmi and Almihdhar Arrive in US
A week after attending the al-Qaeda summit in Malaysia (see January 5-8, 2000), 9/11 hijackers Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid Almihdhar fly together from Bangkok, Tha...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/12/2000•911
1 SourcesCIA’s Bin Laden Unit Chief Falsely Claims Malaysia Surveillance Is Continuing
Richard Blee, head of Alec Station, the CIA’s bin Laden unit, gives an incorrect briefing to his CIA superiors about surveillance of al-Qaeda operatives in Sout...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/8/2000•911
3 SourcesAl-Qaeda Summit Ends; CIA Still Fails to Add Attendees to Watch List
The al-Qaeda summit in Malaysia (see January 5-8, 2000) ends and the participants leave. Hijackers Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid Almihdhar fly to Bangkok, Thailand, ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/6/2000•911
1 SourcesCIA Fails to Check FBI Has Been Notified of 9/11 Hijacker Almihdhar’s US Visa, Although this Is ‘Routine Practice’
Although the CIA passes information to the FBI about the attendance of 9/11 hijackers Khalid Almihdhar and Nawaf Alhazmi at al-Qaeda’s Malaysia summit, it repea...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/6/2000•911
3 SourcesCIA Officer Says Information about 9/11 Hijacker Almihdhar Cannot Be Shared with FBI Because Next Al-Qaeda Attack Will Be in Southeast Asia
Mark Rossini, an FBI agent on loan to Alec Station, the CIA’s bin Laden unit, protests in vain against a decision to deliberately withhold information about one...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/5/2000•911
3 SourcesCIA Liaison with FBI Who Just Learned about Almihdhar’s US Visa Twice Fails to Tell FBI about It
A CIA officer known only as “James,” who knows that 9/11 hijacker Khalid Almihdhar has a US visa, twice briefs FBI officials about al-Qaeda’s Malaysia summit, b...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/5/2000•911
2 SourcesCIA Fails to Act on Triangle of Calls Linking Malaysia Summit,ColeBomber’s House, and 9/11 Hijackers’ Hotel
A series of calls by al-Qaeda operatives, some of whom are under surveillance by the CIA and the Malaysian Special Branch at this time, links three sites involv...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/5/2000•911
4 SourcesMalaysian Intelligence Only Videotapes First Day of Al-Qaeda Summit, 9/11 Hijackers Videotaped with Hambali
Acting on the behalf of the CIA, Malaysian intelligence videotapes the attendees of an al-Qaeda summit. Counterterrorism expert Rohan Gunaratna will later claim...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/5/2000•911
47 SourcesAl-Qaeda Summit in Malaysia Discusses 9/11 and Cole Plots; CIA Has Malaysians Monitor It
About a dozen of Osama bin Laden’s trusted followers hold a secret, “top-level al-Qaeda summit” in the city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[CNN, 8/30/2002;San Diego ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/5/2000•911
7 SourcesMalaysian Authorities Monitor Al-Qaeda Leaders at Kuala Lumpur Summit
After being alerted by the CIA that top al-Qaeda leaders plan to meet in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the local security service, Malaysia’s Special Branch, monitors...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/5/2000•911
11 SourcesAl-Qaeda Malaysia Summit Attendees Photographed
Although Malaysian authorities video the militants attending al-Qaeda’s Malaysia summit on its first day (see January 5, 2000), photos of the meeting’s attendee...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/2/2000•911
5 SourcesCIA Learns 9/11 Hijacker Almihdhar Has US Visa as He Is Tracked to Al-Qaeda Summit
The CIA is aware that hijacker Khalid Almihdhar is staying at a highly monitored al-Qaeda communication hub (see Late 1998-Early 2002) and is planning to travel...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/1/2000•911
3 SourcesCIA Asks NSA to Pass on New Information about 9/11 Hijacker Almihdhar, but NSA Fails to Do So
Following a request by the CIA, the NSA puts hijacker 9/11 Khalid Almihdhar on its watch list. This means that the NSA should pass details of any new monitored ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/1/2000•911
10 Sources9/11 Hijacker Alhazmi Works at San Diego Gas Station that Is Linked to Other Possible Islamist Militants
9/11 hijacker Nawaf Alhazmi works at a gas station while living in San Diego where other suspected Islamist militants work. This is the only apparent instance o...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/1/2000•911
10 SourcesNSA Intercepts Communications between 9/11 Hijackers in US and Al-Qaeda Communications Hub
While the 9/11 hijackers are in the US, the NSA intercepts several calls between them and an al-Qaeda communications hub in Sana’a, Yemen, run by Ahmed al-Hada,...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/1/2000•911
13 SourcesSecret Military Unit Identifies Al-Qaeda ‘Brooklyn’ Cell; Four 9/11 Hijackers Are Named, Including Mohamed Atta
A US Army intelligence program called Able Danger identifies five al-Qaeda terrorist cells; one of them has connections to Brooklyn, New York and will become in...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/1/2000•911
2 SourcesNSA Does Not Inform FBI that 9/11 Hijacker Almihdhar Is in US, Reason Unclear
The National Security Agency (NSA) intercepts calls between 9/11 hijacker Khalid Almihdhar in the US and an al-Qaeda communications hub in Yemen, but does not n...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/1/2000•911
3 SourcesCIA Possibly Has 9/11 Hijacker Atta Under Surveillance in Germany
According to some reports, 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta is put under surveillance by the CIA while living in Germany during this time.[Agence France-Presse, 9/22/...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/1/2000•911
25 SourcesCalls between 9/11 Hijacker in San Diego and Al-Qaeda Communications Hub Intercepted by NSA
Around eight calls made by hijacker Khalid Almihdhar from San Diego to an al-Qaeda communications hub in Sana’a, Yemen, run by his father-in-law Ahmed al-Hada a...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
12/29/1999•911
4 SourcesNSA Monitors 9/11 Hijackers Talking to Each Other about Upcoming Al-Qaeda Summit
The NSA has been monitoring a telephone in an al-Qaeda communications hub in Yemen (see Late August 1998 and Late 1998-Early 2002). According to Vanity Fair, “A...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
12/29/1999•911
10 SourcesNSA Tells CIA about Planned Al-Qaeda Summit Involving Future Hijackers
The NSA, monitoring a telephone in an al-Qaeda communications hub in Yemen (see Late August 1998 and Late 1998-Early 2002), has listened in on phone calls revea...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
12/11/1999•911
3 SourcesWatch List Importance Is Stressed but Procedures Are Not Followed
The CIA’s Counterterrorism Center sends a cable reminding all its personnel about various reporting obligations. The cable clearly states that it is important t...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
12/9/1999•911
1 SourcesPresident Clinton Warned about Al-Qaeda Operatives Living in US
As an al-Qaeda millennium plot is broken up in Jordan (see November 30, 1999), attention is focused on the fact that two of the plotters were long time US resid...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
12/4/1999•911
10 SourcesSaudi Ambassador’s Wife Gives Funds that Are Possibly Passed to 9/11 Hijackers
Princess Haifa bint Faisal, the wife of Prince Bandar, the Saudi ambassador to the US, begins sending monthly cashier’s checks of between $2,000 and $3,500 (acc...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
12/1/1999•911
7 Sources9/11 Hijackers Atta and Alshehhi Seen Partying and Taking Flying Lessons in Philippines
9/11 hijackers Mohamed Atta and Marwan Alshehhi are seen again in the Philippines, partying and taking flying lessons. They stay at the Woodland Park Resort Hot...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
11/1/1999•911
3 SourcesHamburg Cell Members Travel Monitored Route to Afghanistan
Hamburg cell members Mohamed Atta, Marwan Alshehhi, Ziad Jarrah, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, and possibly Said Bahaji travel to Afghanistan via Turkey and Karachi, Paki...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
11/1/1999•911
2 SourcesAlmihdhar Returns to Yemen, Falls under US Surveillance
9/11 hijacker Khalid Almihdhar returns from Afghanistan to Yemen, where he and his family live at an al-Qaeda communications hub that is being monitored by the ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
10/31/1999•911
3 SourcesSuicide Pilot Crashes Commercial Airliner into Ocean
EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the ocean off the coast of Massachusetts, killing all 217 people on board. It is immediately suspected that one of the pilots p...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
9/21/1999•911
3 SourcesGerman Intelligence Records Calls Between 9/11 Hijacker Alshehhi and Others Linked to Al-Qaeda
German intelligence is periodically tapping suspected al-Qaeda operative Mohammed Haydar Zammar’s telephone, and on this day investigators hear Zammar call 9/11...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
9/1/1999•911
5 SourcesUS Report Predicts Spectacular Attack on Washington; Al-Qaeda Could ‘Crash-Land Aircraft’ into Buildings
A report prepared for US intelligence titled the “Sociology and Psychology of Terrorism: Who Becomes a Terrorist and Why” is completed. It states: “Al-Qaeda’s e...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
4/15/1999•911
5 SourcesHanjour Gets Pilot’s License despite Dubious Skills
When Hani Hanjour attended flight schools between 1996 and 1998 he was found to be a “weak student” who “was wasting our resources” (see October 1996-December 1...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
4/3/1999•911
2 SourcesThree 9/11 Hijackers Obtain US Visas
9/11 hijackers Nawaf Alhazmi, Salem Alhazmi, and Khalid Almihdhar obtain US visas through the US Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[US Congress, 7/24/2003]Almih...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
4/1/1999•911
2 Sources9/11 Hijacker Jarrah Has Unofficial Wedding; Photograph Later Suggests German Intelligence Has Informant
9/11 hijacker Ziad Jarrah has an unofficial wedding with his girlfriend, Aysel Senguen, on or shortly before April 1, 1999. They have a wedding ceremony at the ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
3/1/1999•911
6 SourcesGermany Provides CIA the First Name and Phone Number of 9/11 Hijacker Marwan Alshehhi; CIA Takes No Action
German intelligence gives the CIA the first name of 9/11 hijacker Marwan Alshehhi and his telephone number of a phone registered in the United Arab Emirates (UA...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
3/1/1999•911
5 SourcesFBI Investigates Al-Qaeda-Linked Imam and Misses His Contacts with 9/11 Hijackers
The FBI conducts a counterterrorism inquiry into Anwar al-Awlaki, an imam who will later be suspected of involvement in the 9/11 plot. He serves as the “spiritu...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
2/17/1999•911
1 SourcesGermans Monitor Call Mentioning Key Al-Qaeda Hamburg Cell Members, Including 9/11 Hijacker Atta’s Full Name and Number
German intelligence monitors a phone call in which the names of key members of the al-Qaeda Hamburg cell are mentioned. Future 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta’s full...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/31/1999•911
4 SourcesGermany Monitors Call to 9/11 Hijacker Alshehhi, Shares Information with CIA
German intelligence is tapping the telephone of al-Qaeda operative Mohammed Haydar Zammar, and on this date, Zammar gets a call from a “Marwan.” This is later f...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/1/1999•911
1 SourcesSaudis Claim to Add Two 9/11 Hijackers to Watch List and Inform CIA
Prince Turki al-Faisal, Saudi intelligence minister until shortly before 9/11 (see August 31, 2001), will later claim that around this time its external intelli...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/1/1999•911
4 SourcesNSA Monitoring Hears 9/11 Hijacker Names, This Information Is Not Shared with CIA or FBI
As the NSA continues to monitor an al-Qaeda communications hub in Yemen run by hijacker Khalid Almihdhar’s father-in-law (see Late August 1998), they find refer...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/1/1999•911
4 SourcesAlleged CIA Informant Said to Train Six 9/11 Hijackers in Turkey
In 2007, the London Times will report that imprisoned al-Qaeda leader Luai Sakra claims that he trained six of the 9/11 hijackers in Turkey. Sakra allegedly had...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/1/1999•911
7 SourcesGermans Miss Links between Hamburg 9/11 Hijackers and Key Al-Qaeda Operative
The 9/11 Commission will later call Mohamedou Ould Slahi “a significant al-Qaeda operative who, even [in late 1999], was well known to US and German intelligenc...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/1/1999•911
1 SourcesBritish Intelligence Warns Al-Qaeda Plans to Use Aircraft, Possibly as Flying Bombs
MI6, the British intelligence agency, gives a secret report to liaison staff at the US embassy in London. The reports states that al-Qaeda has plans to use “com...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
1/1/1999•911
5 SourcesKSM Repeatedly Visits 9/11 Hijacker Atta and Others in Al-Qaeda’s Hamburg Cell
9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (KSM) “repeatedly” visits 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta and others in the Hamburg al-Qaeda cell.[Associated Press, 8/24/2002...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
12/4/1998•911
4 SourcesClinton Warned ‘Bin Laden Preparing to Hijack US Aircraft’ Inside US
On December 4, 1998, an item in President Clinton’s Presidential Daily Briefing (PDB) is titled, “Bin Laden Preparing to Hijack US Aircraft and Other Attacks.” ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
8/12/1998•911
5 SourcesSuspect Claims ‘Extensive Network of Al-Qaeda Sleeper Agents’ Is Planning ‘Big Attack’ Inside US
Mohamed al-Owhali is arrested and immediately begins confessing his role in the recent al-Qaeda bombing of the US embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. He reveals to the F...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
8/1/1998•911
11 SourcesUS Intelligence Community Begins Joint Surveillance of Al-Qaeda Communications Hub
The investigation of the East Africa embassy bombings (see 10:35-10:39 a.m., August 7, 1998) led to the discovery of the phone number of an al-Qaeda communicati...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
7/1/1998•911
3 SourcesFBI Conducts Inquiry of Suspected Al-Qaeda Advance Man
The FBI conducts a counterterrorism inquiry on Omar al-Bayoumi, suspected al-Qaeda advance man, and possible Saudi agent. The FBI discovers he has been in conta...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
2/22/1998•911
6 SourcesBin Laden Expands Religious Edict against US and Allies
Osama bin Laden issues a fatwa (religious edict), declaring it the religious duty of all Muslims “to kill the Americans and their allies—civilians and military…...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
2/1/1998•911
18 Sources9/11 Hijacker Atta and Associates Are Monitored Some by US and Germany in Their Hamburg Apartment
Future 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta, al-Qaeda operatives Said Bahaji and Ramzi Bin al-Shibh, and others in the al-Qaeda Hamburg cell move into a four bedroom apar...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/1/1998•911
5 SourcesInformation on Hijacker Hanjour Apparently Ignored by FBI
An American Caucasian Muslim named Aukai Collins later says he reports to the FBI on hijacker Hani Hanjour for six months this year.[Associated Press, 5/24/2002...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/1/1998•911
8 SourcesCIA Ignores Ex-Agent’s Warning KSM Is ‘Going to Hijack Some Planes,’ Visiting Germany
In December 1997, former CIA agent Robert Baer, newly retired from the CIA and working as a terrorism consultant, meets Hamad bin Jassim bin Hamad al Thani, who...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
9/11/1997•911
4 SourcesJarrah Associates with Suspicious Radical Monitored by German Intelligence
When traveling with a radical associate known to be monitored by German intelligence, Abdulrahman al-Makhadi (see Late 1996 or After), Ziad Jarrah meets another...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/1/1997•911
2 SourcesFuture Hijackers Supposedly Watchlisted in Saudi Arabia for Failed Gunrunning Plot
Prince Turki al-Faisal, Saudi intelligence minister until shortly before 9/11 (see August 31, 2001), will later claim that al-Qaeda attempts to smuggle weapons ...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
11/24/1996•911
Passenger Plane Suicide Attack Narrowly Averted
Several Ethiopians take over a passenger airliner and let it run out of fuel. Hijackers fight with the pilot as they try to steer the plane into a resort on a C...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
4/1/1996•911
3 SourcesHani Hanjour Associates with FBI Suspects
On several occasion between 1996 and 1999, future 9/11 hijacker Hani Hanjour attends flight schools in Arizona (see October 1996-December 1997 and 1998). The 9/...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
4/1/1996•911
6 SourcesHighly Trusted Informant Exposes Al-Qaeda Secrets to US
Jamal al-Fadl, an al-Qaeda operative from al-Qaeda’s first meeting in the late 1980s until 1995, tells the US everything he knows about al-Qaeda. Before al-Fadl...
Analysis context
Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
1/1/1996•911
4 SourcesFuture 9/11 Hijackers Begin Attending Radical Mosque Possibly Monitored by German Authorities
Future 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta and other members of the Hamburg cell begin regularly attending the Al-Quds mosque. Atta becomes a well-known figure both ther...
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Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/1/1996•911
2 SourcesJarrah Associates with Monitored Hamas Fundraiser
Within a few months of arriving in Germany, hijacker Ziad Jarrah begins to associate with Abdulrahman al-Makhadi, a local hardline Muslim who raises money for t...
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Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/1/1996•911
9/11 Hijacker Atta Appears to Participate in Petty Fraud
9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta and some of his associates appear to participate in financial fraud in Germany. The Chicago Tribune in 2004 claims that in 1995 Atta ...
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Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
4/1/1995•911
2 SourcesFBI Learns KSM Has Been in US and Is Planning to Come Back for Flight Training
The FBI interrogates Bojinka plotter Abdul Hakim Murad and learns that 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (KSM) has been in the US and is planning to return...
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Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
2/1/1995•911
8 SourcesBojinka Plotter Says 10 Suicide Bombers Training in US; Not Much Follow Up Investigation
While Bojinka plotter Abdul Hakim Murad is being interrogated by Philippine Colonel Rodolfo Mendoza (see February-Early May 1995), he mentions that he had pilot...
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Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
2/1/1995•911
4 SourcesBojinka Second Wave Fully Revealed to Philippines Investigators; Information Given to US
As Colonel Mendoza, the Philippines investigator, continues to interrogate Operation Bojinka plotter Abdul Hakim Murad, details of a post-Bojinka “second wave” ...
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Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
1/6/1995•911
9 SourcesPope Assassination and Bojinka Plot to Bomb Dozen Airplanes Is Foiled
Responding to an apartment fire, Philippine investigators uncover an al-Qaeda plot to assassinate the Pope that is scheduled to take place when he visits the Ph...
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Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
1/1/1995•911
1 SourcesUS Authorities Learn of Bojinka Second Wave Plot from Yousef’s Computer
Rafael Garcia, Chairman and CEO of the Mega Group of Computer Companies in the Philippines, often works with the Philippine National Bureau of Investigation (NB...
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Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
12/24/1994•911
4 SourcesAl-Qaeda Connected Militants Attempt to Crash Passenger Jet into Eiffel Tower
An Air France Airbus A300 carrying 227 passengers and crew is hijacked in Algiers, Algeria by four Algerians wearing security guard uniforms. They are members o...
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Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key warnings).
7/1/1994•911
11 SourcesPossible Terrorist Front Man with Saudi Backing Settles in San Diego
A Saudi named Omar al-Bayoumi arrives in San Diego, California. He will later become well known for his suspicious connections to both some 9/11 hijackers and t...
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Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
1/1/1993•911
4 SourcesHijackers Alhazmi and Almihdhar Fight for Al-Qaeda
Of all the 9/11 hijackers, Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid Almihdhar have the longest records of involvement with al-Qaeda. CIA Director Tenet calls them al-Qaeda vete...
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Key milestone in the 9/11 investigative timeline (key hijacker events).
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