The War On News

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More than 100 journalists worked in the AP offices whose phone lines were targeted.

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

Statement
More than 100 journalists worked in the AP offices whose phone lines were targeted.
Field
effect_on_reporting
Value
More than 100 journalists affected
About
incident 2013-us-doj-seizes-ap-phone-records
Source
AP: DOJ Secretly Obtained AP Reporters' Phone Call Records
Publisher
Lawfare
Method
outlet report
Checked
2026-09-22
Confidence
medium
Status
current
Source date
2013-05-14

Quotation from the source

More than 100 journalists work in the offices where phone records were targeted, on a wide array of stories about government and other matters.