The World Health Organization has banned NY Times reporters for two weeks for publishing an embargoed WHO report on measles.

“After speaking to the reporter and assessing the circumstances surrounding the breach, WHO has decided that a two-week exclusion from our email list is a proportionate sanction. WHO communications staff have been asked not to brief any New York Times reporters during this period on any stories that are scheduled to be released through the WHO email distribution list,” a press release read. “WHO takes embargoes very seriously. Breaches are a violation of this code of honour among journalists and between reporters and their sources. The Organization will determine appropriate sanctions on a case-by-case basis.”

Maybe President Bush should put WHO in charge of finding who keeps leaking covert programs to the NY Times…