The Terror Timeline

" The Terror Timeline: Year by Year, Day by Day, Minute by Minute: A Comprehensive Chronicle of the Road to 9/11 — and America's Response " is described by its publisher as a compilation of over 5,000 reports and articles concerning the September 11, 2001 attacks. ["The Terror Timeline" is published by ReganBooks ISBN 0-06-078338-9]

The book was compiled by a Stanford University alumnus and 9/11 researcher who goes by the pseudonym "Paul Thompson", and by other contributors to the History Commons website (formerly operated by the Center for Cooperative Research). The timeline chronicles events leading up to the terrorist attacks and America's response. The timeline was first published in mid-2002 and is still regularly updated by Thompson and other contributors.

Influence

The book and its online counterpart are perhaps most notable for their use by the Jersey Girls in their attempts to influence the work of the 9/11 Commission, and Kristen Breitweiser has personally endorsed the book, stating, "If you want to know everything about 9/11, you must read this book ... Our intelligence agencies should be recruiting people like Paul Thompson, because he's brilliant".Thompson, Paul (2004). "The Terror Timeline". Harper Collins, New York. ISBN 0-06-078338-9] The 9/11 Truth Movement movie "" documents the journey of the Jersey Girls and it uses the book and website as its primary reference. [cite news|url=http://www.santamariasun.com/index.php?p=showarticle&id=1897 |publisher=Santa Maria Sun |author=Shawna Galassi |title=9/11 film digs into the past]

Thompson's work was cited as a key piece of research in a Complaint and Petition, which seeks a criminal inquiry and/or grand jury investigation into "the many still unsolved crimes of September 11, 2001," that was filed with and accepted by the New York Attorney General's Office. [cite news|url=http://www.orbstandard.com/News/911breakthrough.html |publisher=Orb Standard |title=NY Attorney General's Office Accepts Unprecedented: Citizens' Complaint Demanding Criminal Inquiry into 9/11 Crimes |date=2004-10-28]

His work is also cited in the books "Bad News" by Tom Fenton [Fenton, Tom: "Bad News", Chapter 4, References 4 and 8.] and "Fog Facts" by Larry Beinhart. [Beinhart, Larry: "Fog Facts", Chapter 1, Page 10, Citation 4] Richard Clarke has put it on his reading list for his course on "Terrorism, Security, and Intelligence" at Harvard University. [cite web|url=http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/degreeprog/courses.nsf/0/df34b482dc3f592485256f3400527713?OpenDocument&ExpandSection=2 |title=Harvard University Course Pages: Terrorism, Security, and Intelligence |publisher=Harvard University |date=2005-02-01]

Contents

# "Before 9/11" - the background of Osama bin Laden and the beginnings of al-Qaeda; early assessments by intelligences agencies concerning the possibility of a large scale attack.
# "The Terrorists" - profiles the al-Qaeda cell in Hamburg, Germany, the mastermind of 9/11, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, and the other terrorists who were involved with the plot.
# "Geopolitics and 9/11" - Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Iraq: their relationships with and assessments of al-Qaeda.
# "The Attacks" - a minute-by-minute account of the day, September 11, 2001.
# "The post 9/11 World" - America's response in the War on Terror and the investigations into the attacks on 9/11.

The "Terror Timeline" had contained previously published reports that were subsequently retracted, including allegations against a Saudi man, Mohammed Al Amoudi, that he had funded, supported, or is associated with Osama bin Laden, Al Qaeda, and their terrorist activities.HarperCollins' Public Statement Re: The Terror Timeline, Business Wire January 25, 2005] The sources cited in the book also incorrectly said that Al Amoudi was a defendant in a lawsuit filed by families of 9/11 victims. These reports were based on published news reports that were later retracted but cited in first edition runs of the book before later being retracted by the news sources who made the allegations. HarperCollins removed these references in reprints after January 2005. Upon discovery of this, Paul Thompson and the Center for Cooperative Research made a public apology and the information was removed from the organization's website as well as from future editions of the book. [cite web|author=Paul Thompson |url=http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/essay.jsp?article=al-amoudi_correction |publisher=The Center for Cooperative Research |title=Correction to timeline entries containing erroneous information about Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi]

Author - Paul Thompson

Paul Thompson is the author of "The Terror Timeline", a compilation of over 5,000 reports and articles concerning the September 11, 2001 attacks.cite news|url=http://www.sdcitybeat.com/article.php?id=3462 |publisher=San Diego CityBEAT |author=Martin Jones Westlin |title=In Focus: Thompsons Timeline] cite news|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0416,mondo1,52830,6.html |publisher=The Village Voice |title=Timeline of Tragedy: Picking up the pieces of 9-11, putting them in order, trying to make sense |author=James Ridgeway |date=2004-04-20] The book was based on research conducted by himself and other contributors to the History Commons website. Thompson's research in the field has garnered over 100 radio interviews, along with TV interviews on Fox News and Air America and interviews in print, such as for Buzz Magazine. Articles about himself, his research and its reception by the 9/11 Truth Movement have appeared in The Village Voice and Esquire Magazine's "Genius Issue".cite news|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0409/S00120.htm |title=UQ Wire: 'Complete 9/11 Timeline' Book Published |date=2004-09-09 |publisher=Scoop] cite news|url=http://www.mediavillage.net/test/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=393&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 |publisher=The Sunday Star Times (republished) |author=Kristen Matthews |date=2005-03-13 |title=Tracking The Terror] and recognition as "an authority on terrorism", even though, "He never studied, trained", as noted by Esquire.cite news|url=http://www.keepmedia.com/pubs/Esquire/2004/12/01/645158?ba=m&bi=15&bp=24 |publisher=Esquire (republished) |date=2004-01-01 |title=Paul Thompson: One man can change the world. Or at least much of its what, when, where, and how |author=Doug Cantor] In 2005, Thompson was asked to speak at a congressional briefing on the 9/11 Commission’s final report, he addressed what he defined as failures by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). [cite web|url=http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/ga04_mckinney/pr_050722_congressionalbriefing.html |title=July 22nd Congressional Briefing: The 9/11 Commission Report One Year Later: A Citizens' Response - Did They Get It Right? |publisher=Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney |date=2005-07-22]

Paul Thompson was born in Pacific Beach, California and currently holds a psychology degree from Stanford University obtained in 1990.cite web|url=http://www.readbuzz.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&ustory_id=1e6fedc5-0acf-42f8-aa32-e554a04e65b8 |publisher=Buzz Magazine |date=2006-09-14 |title=Paul Thompson: 9/11 Media Sage |author=Erin Scottberg] He now spends time there and in New Zealand. He is a freelance researcher and has worked in the past as an environmental activist at an environmental-protection firm.

Mr. Thompsom has made numerous appearances on LINK T.V. and Free Speech T.V. He helps these independent channels raise money.

Notes and references

External links

* [http://cooperativeresearch.org History Commons (Formerly operated by the Center for Cooperative Research)]
* [http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/project.jsp?project=911_project The Complete 9/11 Timeline investigative project]
* [http://cooperativeresearch.org/091104foxnewsinterview.html Fox News interview with Paul Thompson]
* [http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=showcase.view&showcaseid=0086 Nieman Foundation Feature on History Commons]