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al-Libi over to US at Kandahar air base
    • December 2001—Al-Libi is transferred to Bagram air base
    • January 2002—The CIA transfers al-Libi to the USS Bataan
    • Late January 2002—The CIA transfers al-Libi to Egyptian custody
    • Late January 2002–February 2002—Al-Libi provides information that al-Qaeda agents traveled to Iraq for training
    • February 2002—The DIA publishes DITSUM 044–02, which casts doubt on the truth of al-Libi’s testimony
    • March 2002—The CIA establishes the first “black sites”
    • Summer 2002—Support builds for the Iraq War
    • August 1, 2002—John Yoo writes the “torture memo”
    • September 2002—The CIA’s Iraqi Support for Terrorism Report casts doubts on al-Libi’s statements
    • September 2002—DCI Tenet and National Security Adviser Rice use al-Libi’s statements as proof of an Iraq-al-Qaeda link in testimony
    • September 2002—Undersecretary of Defense Feith and Deputy Secretary of Defense Wolfowitz found the Office of Special Plans
    • October 1, 2002—The IC delivers the Iraq NIE to Congress
    • October 7, 2002—Bush references al-Libi’s testimony in his Cincinnati speech
    • October 10, 2002—Congress authorizes the use of military force against Iraq
    • November 8, 2002—The UNSC releases Resolution 1441, which claims that Iraq is in breach of cease-fire agreements
    • January 2003—The CIA’s Iraqi Support for Terrorism report is updated and more broadly disseminated
    • February 5, 2003—Secretary of State Powell presents the US case for war with Iraq to the UN
    • Early 2003—Egypt returns al-Libi to US custody; he is reportedly detained in Afghanistan
    • March 19, 2003—Operation Iraqi Freedom begins
    • June 2003—The Office of Special Plans is dissolved
    • October 2003—Undersecretary Feith sends Summary of Body of Intelligence on Iraq–Al-Qaeda Contacts, which references al-Libi’s testimony, to members of Congress
    • January 2004—Al-Libi recants his testimony and alleges torture by the Egyptians
    • February 2004—Al-Libi is reportedly transferred to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; CIA learns of his recantation
    • February 2004—Senior administration officials learn of al-Libi’s recantation
    • April 2004—News of abuse at Abu Ghraib breaks
    • June 2004—In an interview with CNBC, Vice President Cheney argues that an al-Qaeda–Iraq connection exists
    • June 2004—The torture memo is leaked to the press; CIA suspends the use of enhanced interrogation techniques
    • July 2004—The media first publishes accounts of al-Libi’s recantation
    • July 9, 2004—The SSCI releases its first assessment of prewar intelligence on Iraq
    • September 2004—The Iraq Survey Group concludes that Iraq did not have an active WMD program
    • October 2005—DITSUM 044–02 is declassified
    • Early 2006—The US transfers al-Libi to Libyan custody
    • September 6, 2006—President Bush orders the CIA to transfer fourteen HVDs from black sites to Guantanamo Bay
    • September 8, 2006—The SSCI releases its Phase II reports, which include descriptions of al-Libi’s recantation and harsh interrogation
    • November 2006—The Democrats gain a congressional majority in the midterm elections
    • February 9. 2007—The Pentagon’s inspector general releases a report on the Office of Special Plans that finds the organization’s work “inappropriate”
    • May 24, 2007—Four members of Congress request information on al-Libi’s whereabouts from President Bush
    • November 2008—Democrat Barack Obama is elected president
    • January 2009—President Obama signs executive orders shutting down Guantanamo and all CIA black sites
    • May 11, 2009—Al-Libi reportedly commits suicide in Libyan custody

APPENDIX III: TARGETED FLIGHTS
     
    The targeted flights for Op Overt plotters were:
    1. 1415 UA931 LONDON-SAN FRANCISCO (United Airlines)
    2. 1500 AC849 LONDON-TORONTO (Air Canada)
    3. 1515 AC865 LONDON-MONTREAL