# Claim 224

AP President Gary Pruitt said there was no possible justification for the scope of the records collection.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: AP President Gary Pruitt said there was no possible justification for the scope of the records collection.
- Field: stated_justification
- Value: Pruitt calls the seizure unjustified
- About: [incident 2013-us-doj-seizes-ap-phone-records](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2013-us-doj-seizes-ap-phone-records)
- Source: US government 'seized AP phone records'. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2013/5/14/us-government-seized-ap-phone-records
- Publisher: Al Jazeera
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2013-05-14

## Quotation from the source

> There can be no possible justification for such an over-broad collection of the telephone communications of The Associated Press and its reporters.

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