T5 B62 T Eldridge Files- Dieter Chart Fdr- Timeline For 9-11 Hijacker Travel To United States

TIMELINE FOR 9/11 HIJACKERS' TRAVEL TO UNITED STATES

DATE Apr3, 1999 Apr 7, 1999 Jan 15, 2000 Jan 18, 2000 May 18, 2000 May 25, 2000 May 29, 2000 June 3, 2000 t June 27, 2000 Sep 3, 2000 Sep 4, 2000 Sep 25, 2000 Oct 17, 2000 Oct 23, 2000 Oct 24, 2000 Oct 28, 2000 Oct 29, 2000 Nov 12, 2000 Nov 20, 2000 Nov 2 1,2000 'Nov 25, 2000 Dec 8, 2000 Jan 5, 2001 Jan 10, 2001 Jan 18, 2001 Feb 25, 2001 Apr 13,2001 Apr 23, 2001

EVENT Nawaf al Hazmi (77) acquires one-year tourist visa, Jeddah x Khalid al Mihdhar (77) acquires one-year tourist visa, Jedddah i Nawaf al Hazmi (77) enters US at Los Angeles from Bangkok Khalid al Mihdhar (77) enters US at Los Angeles from Bangkok Marwan al Shehhi (175) acquires ten-year visa, Dubai 3 Mohamed Atta (11) acquires five-year tourist visa, Berlin ^ Ziad Jarrah (93) acquires five-year tourist visa, Berlin %" Marwan al Shehhi (175) enters US at Newark from Brussels Mohamed Atta (11) enters US at Newark from Prague Ziad Jarrah (93) enters US at Atlanta from Munich Ahmed al Ghamdi (1 75) acquires two-year tourist visa, Jeddah £ Saeed al Ghamdi (93) acquires two-year tourist visa, Jeddah "-)• Hani Hanjour (77) acquires one-year student visa, Jeddah £> Hamza al Ghamdi (175) acquires two-year tourist visa, Riyadh ^ Mohand al Shehri (175) acquires two-tourist visa, Riyadh 1 e> Waleed al Shehri (11) acquires two-year tourist visa, Jeddah >\ Wail al Shehri (11) acquires two-year tourist visa, Jeddah { ^_ Ahmed al Nami (93) acquires two-year tourist visa, Jeddah t 3 Ziad Jarrah (93) enters US at Tampa from Dusseldorf (left US 10/7/00 from Atlanta for Dusseldorf) Ahmad al Haznawi (93) acquires two-year tourist visa, Jeddah j <•/ Majed Moqed (77) acquires two-year tourist visa, Riyadh [f Satam al Suqami (11) acquires two-year tourist visa, Riyadh | C Ziad Jarrah (93) enters US at Miami from Nassau, The Bahamas (left US 1 1/24/00 from Miami for Nassau) Hani Hanjour (77) enters US at Cincinnati from Dubai and travels onward to San Diego Ziad Jarrah (93) enters US at Newark from Dusseldorf and travels onward to Tampa (left US 12/26 from Miami for Beirut) Mohamed Atta (11) enters US at Miami from Madrid (left US 1/3 from Miami for Madrid - was in Berlin 1/6) Marwan al Shehhi (175) enters US at New York from Casablanca (left US 1/11 from New York for Casablanca) Ziad Jarrah (93) enters US at Newark from Dusseldorf and travels onward to Jacksonville (left US 1/26 from Jacksonville for Dusseldorf) Ziad Jarrah (93) enters US at Atlanta from Dusseldorf (left US 3/30 from Atlanta for Dusseldorf) Waleed al Shehri (11) enters US at Orlando from Dubai Satam al Suqami (11) enters US at Orlando from Dubai

DATE May 2, 2001

May 16, 2001

May 28, 2001 June 8, 2001 June 12, 2001 June 13,2001 June 18, 2001 June 20, 2001 June 27, 2001 June 29, 2001 July 4, 2001 July 19, 2001 Aug 5, 2001

EVENT Marwan al Shehhi (175) enters US at Miami from Cairo (left US 4/18 from Miami for Cairo) Ahmad al Ghamdi (175) enters US at Dulles from Dubai Majed Moqed (77) enters US at Dulles from Dubai Waleed al Shehri (11) enters US at Fort Lauderdale from The Bahamas (left US 5/16 from Fort Lauderdale but denied entry in The Bahamas Satam al Suqami (11) enters US at Fort Lauderdale from The Bahamas (left US 5/16 from Fort Lauderdale but denied entry in The Bahamas Hamza al Ghamdi (175) enters US at Miami from Dubai Mohand al Shehri (175) enters US at Miami from Dubai Ahmed al Nami (93) enters US from Dubai Ahmad al Haznawi (93) enters US at Miami from Dubai .^ Wail al Shehri (11) enters US at Miami from Dubai /r Saeed al Ghamdi (93) acquires two-year tourist visa, Jeddah / ; o> . Khalid al Mihdhar (77) acquires two-year tourist visa, Jeddah ] ^ ' Abdul Aziz al Omari (11) acquires two-year tourist visa, Jeddah •£ & Salem al Hazmi (77) acquires two-year tourist visa, Jeddah 22Fayez Banihammad (77) enters US at Orlando from Dubai Saeed al Ghamdi (93) enters US at Orlando from Dubai Abdul Aziz al Omari (11) enters US at New York from Dubai Salem al Hazmi (77) enters US at New York from Dubai Khalid al Mihdhar (77) enters US at New York from Riyadh Mohamed Atta (11) enters US at Atlanta from Madrid and travels onward to Fort Lauderdale (left US 7/7 from Miami for Madrid) Ziad Jarrah (93) enters US at Newark from Dusseldorf and travels onward to Miami (left US 7/25 from Miami for Dusseldorf Summary Observations

The timeline illustrates the following facts regarding the hijackers' travel to the US: 1.

All of the hijackers' visas were multiple entry tourist visas, with the exception of Hanjour's visa, which was a single entry student visa (never an issue since Hanjour didn't depart the US after his 12/8/00 arrival.

2.

Of the Hamburg group (Al Shehhi, Atta, and Jarrah), Al Shehhi was the first to obtain a visa, on January 18, 2000; Atta and Jarrah obtained their visas on May 18, 2000 and May 25, 2000, respectively.

3.

Of the muscle hijackers, only Nawaf al Hazmi and Khalid al Mihdhar obtained visas before September 2000.

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4.

Between September 2000 and November 2000, 9 of the remaining 13 muscle hijackers obtained the visas they would use to enter the US.

5.

Between June 12, 2000 and June 19, 2000, the remaining four muscle hijackers (Saeed al Ghamdi, Khalid al Mihdhar, Abdul Aziz al Omari, and Salem al Hazmi) obtained the visas they would use to enter the US.

6.

Fourteen of the fifteen muscle hijackers (i.e., all but Nawaf al Hazmi) entered the country between May 2, 2001 and July 4, 2001.

7.

During the five-month period preceding the 9/11 attacks, hijackers Jarrah (4/13, 8/5), al Shehhi (5/2), al Mihdhar (7/4), and Atta (7/19) entered the US on the dates indicated, after already having spent time in the US.