Iraq war

World Health Organization still stalling release of report on Iraqi cancers and birth defects

By Mozhgan Savabieasfahani | July 30, 2013

To the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Iraqi Ministry of Health: (New signatures added)  
The back-breaking burden of cancers and birth defects continues to weigh heavily on the Iraqi people. 
The joint WHO and Iraqi Ministry of Health Report on cancers and birth defect in Iraq was originally due to be released in November 2012. It has been delayed repeatedly and now has no release date whatsoever. 

DOJ’s AP Phone Logs Grab Highlights Renewed Need for Shield Law

By Gabe Rottman | ACLU | May 15, 2013

Although the president’s press secretary noted yesterday then-Senator Obama’s support for a federal shield law to protect reporters from having to disclose their sources, he failed to mention how the White House deep-sixed a comprehensive shield bill back in 2009. That bill could have prevented the extraordinary Associated Press subpoena, which was disclosed this week.