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For Loretta Lynch, the Senate’s confirmation hearings this week were the easy part.

The set of challenges facing Lynch as Attorney General are so daunting she could wonder why she wanted the job. Cybercriminals are testing the tech-challenged government’s ability to keep up, relations between police and minority groups are badly frayed and the public is sharply divided over the legitimacy of widespread surveillance.

Add to that tough calls in a series of pending high-profile cases, like whether to bring criminal charges against Gen. David Petraeus over alleged leaks of classified information to his mistress.