# Claim 233

Prosecutors planned to ask Risen only to confirm authorship of his book and related articles.

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

- Statement: Prosecutors planned to ask Risen only to confirm authorship of his book and related articles.
- Field: action
- Value: Prosecutors sought only narrow confirmations
- About: [incident 2014-us-james-risen-subpoena-jeffrey-sterling](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2014-us-james-risen-subpoena-jeffrey-sterling)
- Source: Official: Prosecutors will subpoena reporter James Risen. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/official-prosecutors-will-subpoena-reporter-james-risen
- Publisher: CBS News
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2014-01-16

## Quotation from the source

> prosecutors plan to ask Risen questions limited to confirming that he is the author of the book 'State of War' as well as two related New York Times articles in late 2001 and early 2002

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