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| {{911tm}}''''' 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 ].<ref>''The Terror Timeline'' is published by ReganBooks ISBN 0-06-078338-9</ref> | {{911tm}}''''' 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 ].<ref>''The Terror Timeline'' is published by ReganBooks ISBN 0-06-078338-9</ref> | ||
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| The Terror Timeline had contained previously published reports that were subsequently retracted, including allegations against a Saudi man, ], that he had funded, supported, or is associated with ], ], and their terrorist activities.<ref name="harpercollins">HarperCollins' Public Statement Re: The Terror Timeline, Business Wire January 25, 2005</ref> The sources used for the book also incorrectly said that Al Amoudi is a defendant in a litigation in a case put forth by families of 9/11 victims.<ref name="harpercollins"/> 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.<ref name="harpercollins"/> HarperCollins removed these references in reprints after January 2005.<ref name="harpercollins"/> Upon discovery of this Paul Thompson made a public apology and had the information removed from the Center for Cooperative Research page as well as future editions of the book. <ref>{{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}}</ref> | The Terror Timeline had contained previously published reports that were subsequently retracted, including allegations against a Saudi man, ], that he had funded, supported, or is associated with ], ], and their terrorist activities.<ref name="harpercollins">HarperCollins' Public Statement Re: The Terror Timeline, Business Wire January 25, 2005</ref> The sources used for the book also incorrectly said that Al Amoudi is a defendant in a litigation in a case put forth by families of 9/11 victims.<ref name="harpercollins"/> 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.<ref name="harpercollins"/> HarperCollins removed these references in reprints after January 2005.<ref name="harpercollins"/> Upon discovery of this Paul Thompson made a public apology and had the information removed from the Center for Cooperative Research page as well as future editions of the book. <ref>{{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}}</ref> | ||
| ==Paul Thompson - the author== | |||
| '''Paul Thompson''' is the author of ], a compilation of over 5,000 reports and articles concerning the ].<ref name="SDCityBeat">{{cite news|url=http://www.sdcitybeat.com/article.php?id=3462 |publisher=San Diego CityBEAT |author=Martin Jones Westlin |title=In Focus: Thompsons Timeline}}</ref><ref name="Village Voice">{{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=April 20, 2004}}</ref> The book was based on research conducted by himself and The Center for Cooperative Research through the website titled "The Complete 9/11 Timeline". Thompsons research in this field has gone on to inspire the movie "9/11 Press For Truth"<ref>{{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}}</ref> and interviews across various media outlets such as ] and ]<ref name="Scoop">{{cite news|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0409/S00120.htm |title=UQ Wire: 'Complete 9/11 Timeline' Book Published |date=September 9, 2004 |publisher=Scoop}}</ref><ref name="SundayStar">{{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=March 13, 2005 |title=Tracking The Terror}}</ref> and recognition by some as "an authority on terrorism."<ref name="Esquire">{{cite news|url=http://www.keepmedia.com/pubs/Esquire/2004/12/01/645158?ba=m&bi=15&bp=24 |publisher=Esquire (republished) |date=January 1, 2004 |title=Paul Thompson: One man can change the world. Or at least much of its what, when, where, and how |author=Doug Cantor}}</ref> In 2005, Thompson was asked to speak at a congressional briefing on the ], he addressed what he defined as failures by the ] and ].<ref name="SDCityBeat" /><ref>{{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=July 22, 2005}}</ref> | |||
| ==Notes and references== | ==Notes and references== | ||
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Template:911tm 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 book was compiled by Stanford University alumnus, who goes by the pseudonym "Paul Thompson" and the Center for Cooperative Research. The timeline chronicles events leading up to the terrorist attacks and America's response. The project began in mid-2002—and continues to be updated—as a website entitled The Complete 911 Timeline.
The book has been praised by the "Jersey Girls" and their comments are found on the book jacket.
Influence
The book and the website it is based on 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.
Richard Clarke has put it on his reading list for his course on "Terrorism, Security, and Intelligence" at Harvard.
Most recently, it has played a central role in the documentary film 9/11: Press for Truth.
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. The sources used for the book also incorrectly said that Al Amoudi is a defendant in a litigation in a case put forth 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 made a public apology and had the information removed from the Center for Cooperative Research page as well as future editions of the book.
Notes and references
- The Terror Timeline is published by ReganBooks ISBN 0-06-078338-9
- ^ Thompson, Paul (2004). The Terror Timeline. Harper Collins, New York. ISBN 0-06-078338-9
- ^ HarperCollins' Public Statement Re: The Terror Timeline, Business Wire January 25, 2005
- Paul Thompson. "Correction to timeline entries containing erroneous information about Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi". The Center for Cooperative Research.