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 May - August 2001The six leading hijackers—Atta, Ziad Jarrah, Marwan Al-Shehhi, Hanjour, Khalid Almihdhar and Nawaf Alhazmi—begin taking cross-country test flights to the West Coast. Afterward they usually meet up in Las Vegas.  May 8, 2001Bush creates a new Office of National Preparedness for terrorism and promises a government review, led by Dick Cheney, into the consequences of a domestic attack. It never happens. Late MayAlmost 16,000 al-Qaeda and Taliban troops begin massing in northeast Afghanistan for a large offensive against Massoud's Northern Alliance. May 29, 2001Four terrorists on trial for the 1998 embassy bombings are convicted.
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