TIMELINE OF EVENTS
Jan. 29 — Bush calls North Korea, Iraq and Iran “the axis of evil” in State of the Union address.
Feb. 8 — Olympics take place in Salt Lake City with unprecedented security.
Feb. 13 — Lindh pleads innocent to a 10count federal indictment charging him with aiding bin Laden’s terrorist network.
Feb. 17 — Federal government assumes control of security checkpoints at nation’s 429 commercial airports.
March 18 — U.S. commanders declare end of Operation Anaconda, the largest
U.S.-led ground operation in Afghan campaign, but many Taliban and alQaida fighters slip through dragnet and seek refuge in Pakistan.
May 8 — Alleged dirty bomber Jose Padilla arrested after flying into Chicago’s O’Hare airport from Pakistan.
May 16 — White House acknowledges that Bush was briefed by CIA on Aug. 6, 2001, about alQaida hijacking threat.
May 28 — Last standing steel beam from trade center cut down during ceremony for Ground Zero workers.
May 30 — Ceremony marks end of cleanup effort at Ground Zero.
■ June 12 — Bush signs into law a $4.3 billion bioterrorism bill, co-authored by U.S. Sen. Bill Frist, R-Tenn.
July 1 — U.S. air raid in Uruzgan province kills 46 civilians, including 25 at a wedding party, according to Afghan government. U.S. military says forces came under antiaircraft fire and acknowledges civilian casualties.
July 15 — Lindh pleads guilty to supplying services to Taliban and carrying explosives during commission of a felony and agrees to cooperate with terrorism investigations.
July 16 — Six preliminary plans for World Trade Center site development unveiled.
Aug. 15 — More than 600 family members of Sept. 11 victims file trillion-dollar federal lawsuit against Saudi officials and institutions.
Aug. 17 — Moussaoui trial delayed until Jan. 6, 2003.
■ September — Bush administration suggests Iraq’s Saddam Hussein might possess material to make nuclear weapons and that the U.S. should consider preemptive strikes.