# Claim 227

AP's top executive called the records seizure a massive and unprecedented intrusion.

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

- Statement: AP's top executive called the records seizure a massive and unprecedented intrusion.
- Field: effect_on_reporting
- Value: AP calls the seizure unprecedented
- 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

> massive and unprecedented intrusion

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