1996”“2001: Federal authorities are aware for years before 9/11 that suspected
terrorists with ties to Osama bin Laden are receiving flight training at schools
in the US and abroad. One convicted terrorist confesses that his planned role
in a terror attack was to crash a plane into CIA headquarters. [Washington Post, 9/23/01, CBS, 5/30/02, more]
1996”“2001: On multiple occasions spies give detailed reports on bin Laden's
location. Each time, the CIA director or top White House officials prevent bin Laden's elimination. [Los Angeles Times, 12/5/04, New York Times, 12/30/01, more]
2000”“2001: 15
of the 19 hijackers fail to fill in visa documents properly in Saudi
Arabia. Only six are interviewed. All 15 should have been denied entry
to the US. [Washington Post, 10/22/02, ABC, 10/23/02] Two top Republican senators say if State Department personnel had merely followed the law, 9/11 would not have happened. [AP, 12/18/02, more]
2000”“2001: The
military conducts exercises simulating hijacked airliners used as
weapons to crash into targets causing mass casualties. One target is
the World Trade Center (WTC), another the Pentagon. Yet after 9/11,
over and over the White House and security officials say they're
shocked that terrorists hijacked airliners and crashed them into
landmark buildings. [USA Today,
4/19/04, Military District
of Washington, 11/3/00, New
York Times, 10/3/01, more]
Jan
2001: After the Nov 2000 elections, US intelligence agencies are
told to “back off" investigating the bin Ladens and Saudi royals. There have
always been constraints on investigating Saudi Arabians. [BBC, 11/6/01, more]
Spring 2001: A series of military and governmental policy documents
is released that seek to legitimize the use of US military force in the pursuit
of oil and gas. One advocates presidential subterfuge and hiding the reasons
for warfare “as a necessity for mobilizing public support." [Sydney Morning
Herald, 12/26/02, more]
May 2001: For the third time, US security chiefs reject Sudan's offer
of thick files on bin Laden and al-Qaeda. A senior CIA source calls it “the
worst single intelligence failure in the business." [Guardian,
9/30/01, more]
June-Aug 2001: German intelligence warns the CIA that Middle
Eastern terrorists are training for hijackings and targeting American interests.
Russian President Vladimir Putin alerts the US of suicide pilots training
for attacks on US targets. In late July, a Taliban emissary warns the US that
bin Laden is planning a huge attack on American soil. In August, Israel warns
of an imminent Al Qaeda attack. [Fox News, 5/17/02,
Independent, 9/7/02, CNN, 9/12/02, more]
July 4-14, 2001: Bin Laden reportedly receives kidney treatment
from Canadian-trained Dr. Callaway at the American Hospital in Dubai. Dr.
Callaway declines to comment. During his stay, bin Laden is allegedly visited by one or two CIA agents. [Guardian,
11/1/01, Sydney
Morning Herald, 10/31/01, London
Times 11/1/01, UPI, 11/1/01, more]
July 26, 2001: Attorney General Ashcroft stops flying commercial
airlines due to a threat assessment. [CBS,
7/26/01] In May 2002, Ashcroft walks out of his office rather than answer
questions about it. [Fox News/AP, 5/16/02, more]
Aug 6, 2001: President Bush receives an intelligence briefing warning
that bin Laden might be planning to hijack commercial airliners. Titled “Bin
Ladin Determined To Strike in US," the briefing specifically mentions the
WTC. Yet Bush later claims it “said nothing about an attack on America." [Washington
Post, 4/12/04, Briefing,
8/6/01, more]
Aug 27, 2001: An FBI supervisor says he's trying to keep a hijacker
from “flying a plane into the WTC." [Senate Report
(Hill #2), 10/17/02] Headquarters chastises him for notifying the CIA.
[Time,
5/21/02, more]
Sept 10, 2001: A number of top Pentagon
brass suddenly cancel travel plans for the next morning, apparently
because of security concerns. Why isn't this news spread widely? [Newsweek, 9/13/01, Newsweek,
9/24/01, more]
Sept 11, 2001: Data recovery experts extract data from 32 damaged WTC
computer drives. The data reveals a surge in financial transactions shortly
before the attacks. Illegal transfers of over $100 million may have been made
through WTC computer systems immediately before and during the 9/11 disaster.
[Reuters, 12/18/01, CNN,
12/20/01, more]
Sept 11, 2001: Described as a bizarre coincidence, a US intelligence
agency was set for an exercise on Sept 11 at 9 AM in which an aircraft
would crash into one of its buildings near Washington, DC. [USA Today/AP,
8/22/02, more]
Sept 11, 2001: Hours after the attacks, a "shadow government"
is formed. Key congressional leaders say they didn't know this government-in-waiting
had been established. [CBS,
3/2/02, Washington Post, 3/2/02, more]
Sept 11, 2001:
Six air traffic controllers who dealt with two of the hijacked
airliners make a tape recording describing the events within hours of
the attacks. The tape is never turned over to the FBI. It is later
illegally destroyed by a supervisor without anyone making a transcript
or even listening to it. [Washington
Post, 5/6/04, New York Times,
5/6/04]
Sept 13-19, 2001: Bin Laden's family is taken under FBI supervision
to a secret assembly point. They leave the country by private plane when airports
reopen days after the attacks. [New York Times, 9/30/01, Boston Globe, 9/20/01, more]
Sept 15-16, 2001: Several of the 9/11 hijackers, including lead hijacker
Mohamed Atta, may have had training at secure US military installations. [Newsweek,
9/15/01, Washington Post,
9/16/01, New York Times,
9/15/01, more]
Sept 20, 2001: Several 9/11 hijackers later mentioned in the 9/11 Commission Report
turn up alive. "Five of the alleged hijackers have emerged, alive,
innocent and astonished to see their names and photographs appearing on
satellite television...The hijackers were using stolen identities."
[quote in London Times, 9/20/01, see also BBC,
9/23/01, more]
Dec 2001-Feb 2002: The US engineers the rise to power of two former
Unocal Oil employees: Hamid Karzai, the interim president of Afghanistan,
and Zalmay Khalizad, the US envoy. The big American bases created in
the Afghan war are identical to the route of the projected oil
pipeline. [Chicago Tribune, 3/18/02, more]
May 17, 2002: Dan Rather says that he and other journalists haven't
been properly investigating since 9/11. He graphically describes the pressures
to conform that built up after the attacks. [Guardian,
5/17/02, more]
May 23, 2002: President Bush says he is opposed to establishing an
independent commission to probe 9/11. [CBS,
5/23/02] Vice President Cheney earlier opposed any public hearings on
9/11. [Newsweek, 2/4/02, more]
May 30, 2002: FBI Agent Wright formally accuses the FBI of deliberately
curtailing investigations that might have prevented 9/11. He is threatened
with retribution if he talks to Congress about this. [Fox News, 5/30/02, more]
July 22, 2004: The
9/11 Commission Report is published.
It fails to mention that a year before the attacks a secret Pentagon project
had identified four 9/11 hijackers, including leader Mohamed Atta. The Commission
spokesperson initially states members were not informed of this, but later
acknowledges they were. [New
York Times, 8/11/05, more]
2004 - 2005:
A growing number of top government officials and public leaders express
disbelief in the official story of 9/11. 100 prominent leaders and 40
9/11 family members sign a statement calling for an unbiased inquiry
into evidence suggesting high-level government officials may have
deliberately allowed the attacks to occur. [Various Publications]
Aug 9, 2006: A book
by 9/11 Commission chairmen Kean and Hamilton outlines repeated
deceptions by the Pentagon and FAA, including the timelines of Flights
77 and 93. CNN News: "The fact that the government would...perpetuate
the lie suggests that we need a full investigation of what is going
on." [CNN, 8/9/06 , MSNBC/AP, 8/4/06, more]
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