# Claim 226

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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2013-us-doj-seizes-ap-phone-records)
- Source: AP: DOJ Secretly Obtained AP Reporters' Phone Call Records. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/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.

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/226. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.