This was not JDL. This was what happened during the farcical Nosair trial when the Manhattan DA charged only Nosair with murdering HaRav Kahane (even though a dozen Muslim terrorists were involved in the Al Qaeda plot), and Nosair was acquitted by an almost all-black jury.
I was on probation at the time and could not participate in demonstrations at the trial.
In any event, while on probation, I saw that we had only the same type of amateurish people involved who were in charge of "JDL" from 1971 until 1984. I knew that with these amateurs, who called themselves "Kahane Chai", we would never bring the Rabbi's murderers to justice.
So in January 1992, we formed the Jewish Task Force (JTF), with the specific goal of ensuring that every one of the Muslim Al Qaeda terrorists involved in Rabbi Kahane's assassination be convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. (At the time, there was no federal death penalty for this offense.) THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL REASON WHY WE FORMED JTF.
We started our television programs, and began an intensive campaign in the Jewish Press of encouraging Jews and righteous Gentiles to write letters to President Clinton and Attorney General Janet Reno demanding prosecution of ALL the Al Qaeda terrorists including Sheik Rahman, the revered "spiritual leader" of the gang. Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind became deeply involved with our effort, and helped us get many letters.
BY 1993, THOUSANDS HAD WRITTEN TO CLINTON AND RENO WARNING THAT THEY WOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY FUTURE MUSLIM TERRORIST ATTACKS. IN AUGUST 1993, SHEIK RAHMAN AND ALL OF THE OTHER MUSLIM TERRORISTS INVOLVED WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH THE FIRST WTC BOMBING AND WITH VIOLATING RABBI KAHANE'S CIVIL RIGHTS BY MURDERING HIM. THIS WAS PRE-911 AMERICA. CLINTON AND RENO HAD PUBLICLY PROMISED NOT TO PROSECUTE RAHMAN AND THE OTHERS, BUT TO DEPORT THEM TO EGYPT. SCHMUCK SCHUMER AND OTHER "JEWISH" LEADERS AND POLITICIANS ALSO FAVORED LETTING THE MUSLIM TERRORISTS GET AWAY WITH THEIR BLOODY CRIMES. BUT BECAUSE OF OUR CAMPAIGN, IN THE END, CLINTON AND RENO REVERSED COURSE AND TODAY EVERY ONE OF THESE BEASTS IS SERVING LIFE WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT CELLS OF MAXIMUM SECURITY FEDERAL PENITENTIARIES. (AS SOMEONE WHO WAS IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOR MONTHS, I CAN TELL THAT THE CONDITIONS THERE ARE BRUTAL.)