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'''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>

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

The Terror Timeline was compiled in conjunction with the Center for Cooperative Research.<ref name="Village Voice" /> The timeline chronicles events leading up to the terrorist attacks and America's response. The project began in mid-2002 as a website entitled The Complete 9/11 Timeline. The book has been used by ], former chief counter-terrorism adviser to the president, to teach his course on "Terrorism, Security, and Intelligence" at ].<ref>{{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=February 1, 2005}}</ref> His work has also gone on to be cited as a key piece of research in a ] and ], 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 ].<ref>{{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=October 28, 2004}}</ref>

The work has been highly praised by the "]". ] said, "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".<ref name="Scoop" />

Thompson has been featured in ] December 2004 "Genius Issue", where he was described as "an authority on terrorism".<ref name="Esquire" /><ref name="SundayStar" />

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