On August 1, 2001, pilot Hani Hanjour and logistics man Khalid al-Mihdhar met with an illegal immigrant from El Salvador in Falls Church, Virginia, to obtain official papers. “To obtain an official identity in Virginia one needs nothing more than a sponsor willing to affirm, with his or her signature, that one has a permanent […]
8/1/2001
“[O]n August 1 [2001], the FBI issued an advisory that although most of the reporting indicated a potential for attacks on U.S. interests abroad, the possibility of an attack within the United States could not be discounted.” – James Bamford, The Shadow Factory, Page 64 […]
8/1/2001
“On August 1 [2001], the [deputies committee] group presented a Top Secret paper to the principals entitled, ‘A Liberation Strategy.’ It proposed a phased strategy of pressuring Saddam and developing the tools and opportunities for enhancing that pressure, and how to take advantage of the opportunities.” – Bob Woodward, Plan of Attack, Page 21 […]
8/1/2001
“On August 1 [2001], the Deputies Committee met again to discuss the armed Predator [unmanned probe]. They concluded that it was legal for the CIA to kill Bin Ladin or one of his deputies with the Predator. Such strikes would be acts of self-defense that would not violate the ban on assassinations in Executive Order […]
8/1/2001
“Actor James Woods couldn’t help noticing the four Middle Eastern men riding with him in first class on an August 1 [2001] flight from Boston to San Francisco. …These four men carried no hand luggage onto the transcontinental flight, which seemed odd, and odder still was the way they later ignored the female flight attendant, […]
7/31/2001
“July 31, 2001: The FAA [Federal Aviation Administration] issues an internal communication encouraging airlines to be on a high level of alert, saying terror groups are known to be planning and training for hijackings.” – Gerald Posner, Why America Slept, Page 191 […]
7/31/2001
“Between May and July [2001], the National Security Agency, which eavesdrops on communications around the world, reported 33 messages suggesting ‘a possibly imminent terrorist attack,’ according to the [December 2002 Joint Inquiry] Congressional report, without providing details.” [The 31st of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – David Johnston and Eric Schmitt, “Uneven […]
7/31/2001
“Between May and July, 2001, the National Security Agency reported at least 33 communications indicating a possible, imminent terrorist attack. But intelligence agencies generally believed that any attack was more likely to occur overseas than in the United States.” [The 31st of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Associated Press Staff, “Officials […]
7/31/2001
“…at the end of July [2001], an aide to the Taliban foreign minister told an unnamed U.S. official in Peshawar, Pakistan, that bin Laden was planning a massive attack on U.S. soil.” [The 31st of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Peter Lance, 1000 Years For Revenge, Page 409 […]
7/30/2001
“On July 30, 2001, as Islamabad [Pakistan] continued to supply arms to the Taliban, the [UN] Security Council passed Resolution 1363, which authorized monitors on Afghanistan’s borders to ensure that the UN arms embargo was enforced. The Taliban and their Pakistani supporters said they would kill any UN monitors who arrived.” – Ahmed Rashid, Descent […]