Definition: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
Input: WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Aides to then-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales improperly considered political affiliations and ideologies in hiring, but Gonzales was unaware of those actions, according to results of an investigation released Monday by the Justice Department internal watchdog. The report cited White House liaison Monica Goodling as the key operative behind many of the political moves. The report provides no indication criminal laws were violated but cites illegal civil actions involving discrimination in hiring. Investigators, however, said no penalties are likely because the aides no longer work for the Justice Department. Monica Goodling, the White House liaison for the attorney general, was the key operative behind many of the politicized decisions involving career prosecutors and immigration judges, the report says.NEW: Ex-aide's lawyers reject congressman's suggestion that she may have liedNEW: Current attorney general calls report "disturbing"Report: Ex-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was unaware of politicized hiringsViolations were civil in nature, not criminal, according to report 
 Question:In a brief statement, _ said, "Political considerations should play no part in the hiring of career officials at the Department of Justice."

Alberto Gonzales