These people are living in the same pre-9/11 dream world that they'd love for us to go back to, a world in which the worst thing you could do to another person is "offend" them.
Memo to identity-politics fetishists: 9/11 reminded us that there are worse things than being offended.
I agree. It doesn't cut the mustard any more. The principal roles of the government are national security and domestic tranquility. Both of these have been threatened by the actions of 9/11. I think the Justice Dept. is fulfilling a legitimate government function here.