Cika wannan jumla:
Barack Obama's 2008 yakin neman zaben shugaban kasa, Malley ya ba da shawara ba tare da izini ba ga yakin neman zabe a baya ba tare da samun wani matsayi a cikin yakin neman zabe ba. A ranar 9 ga Mayu, 2008, yakin ya yanke dangantaka da Malley lokacin da jaridar "Times" ta Burtaniya ta ruwaito cewa Malley ya kasance yana tattaunawa da kungiyar 'yan bindigar Falasdinawa ta Hamas, wacce Ma'aikatar Harkokin Wajen Amurka ta lissafa a matsayin kungiyar' yan ta'adda. A mayar da martani, Malley ya gaya wa "The Times" cewa ya kasance yana hulɗa da jami'an Hamas a matsayin wani ɓangare na aikinsa tare da Crisis Crisis Group. "Aiki na tare da Crisis Group na Duniya shi ne in sadu da kowane irin mutane masu daɗi da marasa daɗi kuma in ba da rahoto game da abin da suke faɗa. Ban taɓa musun wanda na haɗu da shi ba; wannan shine abin da nake yi, "Malley ya gaya wa NBC News, yana mai cewa ya sanar da Ma'aikatar Harkokin Wajen game da tarurrukansa a gaba kuma ya ba su bayani bayan haka.