While commander of the 17th Detective Squad , Norris led the investigation into the murder of Meir Kahane , an American-Israeli rabbi and ultranationalist writer and political figure . At the time , the NYPD officially classified the murder as the act of a lone gunman , over the protests of Norris who warned of a bigger conspiracy . After the 1993 World Trade Center bombing , it was later revealed that Kahane was the first al-Qaeda murder inside the United States , as well as the first incident leading up to 9/11
1993 World Trade Center bombing
1993 World Trade Center bombing
Ed Norris