It was a part of Bill Clinton's Neuterization of Law Enforcement / Intelligence to cover his own crooked ass. Putting Janet Re-Re Reno in charge of Justice to deflect any investigation.
Obama learned from Bill and put Loretta Lynch at Justice to perform the same role.
Don’t forget the leaking of the NYPD’s undercover radical mosque surveillance program by the FEDS to the NY Times. That had huge NatSec implications and has been ignored by the mainstream media. All of the individuals that the NYPD were preparing to round up, have gone “into the wind” since the program was disclosed and cancelled.