Devorah Adler is a political consultant and was

opposition research In politics, opposition research (also called oppo research) is the practice of collecting information on a political opponent or other adversary that can be used to discredit or otherwise weaken them. The information can include biographical, le ...

specialist for the Democratic National Committee in the United States. She is the founder of Beehive Researchers. A former assistant director for health policy during the

Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton ( né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and agai ...

presidency, Adler later served as director of research for the Democratic National Committee in the 2006 election cycle, and served as Director of Research for the

Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the ...

campaign for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. Adler was one of the Obama 2008 campaign's first hires in January 2007, assigned to debunk a widely circulated anonymous set of emails that rumored Obama was Muslim. Interviewed at that time by Politico.com, Adler said, "We've been bird-dogging it from the beginning; the first research document that I put together was a response to the 'Who is Barack Obama?' email."Ben Smith and Carrie Budoff Brown, "Email Smear Taxes Obama Campaign," ''Politico.com'', January 26, 2008.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Adler, Devorah American political consultants Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Clinton administration personnel Obama administration personnel Democratic National Committee people