Lara Logan, Michael Ware Involved In Steamy Baghdad Love Triangle

CBS' Lara Logan was involved in a Baghdad love triangle with a married US State Department contractor and CNN international correspondent Michael Ware, the New York Post reports.

This week's National Enquirer reported the news of Logan's Baghdad sex life, and implicated her as the cause of the State Department contractor's divorce. And while it named the contractor — Joe Burkett — it only described Ware as a "star CNN correspondent." The Post reports his name in Thursday's paper:

Passions got so hot in the combat zone that one of her lovers, Joe Burkett, brawled in a Baghdad "safe house" with her other paramour, CNN war reporter Michael Ware, a source said.

A close pal of Logan, who confirmed the allegations to The Post, said Burkett's marriage to Kimberly was already finished six months before they sparked up a relationship.

"She is not the cause of their divorce," the friend told The Post yesterday.

"It was going to happen."

The pal also said Logan was particularly hurt by the comments because she had met Kimberly Burkett and thought the two were "friendly."

As for the other claims, pals admitted that Logan had a one-time fling with CNN reporter Ware - but denied that there was any sort of fight between him and Burkett in Baghdad.

"There was no screaming match," the pal said.

Click to read more about Logan's alleged involvement in the Burketts' divorce.

Comments

[fishsandwichesr2good]

The best part is Lara was just named CBS News" chief foreign affairs correspondent. Does it get any better than that?! LMAO

[shivadas]

Obvious smear job. She tells it like it is in Iraq and the Stalwart bastions of truth the New York Post and the National Enquirer say the message is irrelevant because they found a flaw in the messenger. Way to play right into the propagandists' hands by printing this.

[sjeanf]

Good lord! So what! How pathetic, that with all their wonderful and harrowing reporting, this personal matter will probably juice up the public to pay attention to them for all the wrong reasons. Huffpo, couldn't you have tried to balance this private business with a story about the public good they are doing with very little coverage from the American press. It's hard to get more disgusted with all levels of the press than this.

[Mattie]

Do male war correspondents have affairs, why isn't that front page news. Sexism, alive and well at Huffpo. What a shock!

[Axolotl]

they only have affairs w other males, so no news

[nonconformist2]

Good Point!

[buray98]

So What? This is not 'News" this is gossip even if it's true. God, what has happened to us when the private lives of reporters become headlines?

I have complained to the Huff Post before about this salacious tripe being considered "News". I guess it falls on deaf ears.

Each time I run across this kind of s#*t here I find I am turning less and less to the Huff Post for my daily jolt.

[Deaninphilly]

Is this a joke? My God this place as turned into such a rag." The National Enquirer reported the news" that in and of itself is a joke. They also broke the "news" of woman giving birth to aliens, and your point of this waste of space was what? I'm beginning to wonder how much A is really a liberal.

[Beowolf741]

Too much info about these two great reporters. Two attractive people and yes I'd like to date Lara. She is out of my range.
I haven't seen a lot of their reporting cause I watch other networks more but when I've seen them I've been most impressed with the content and frankness of it. May their guardian angels keep them safe in the war zones they report from.

[newunderground]

She's a saucy little wench! ;)

[Axolotl]

we can see you have a crush on Sen Lindsey Graham, and you are male, too. that's fine with me, but lay off Lara.

[Quotidien]

What a setup.

I see a steamy romantic adventure directed by Steven Soderbergh coming to a theater new you.

Here's my casting reccomendation so far:

Joe Burkett - Scott Glen
Lara Logan - Scarlett Johansson
Michael Ware - Matthew McConauhey

[ecclOneNine]

One point that is not gossipy, which perhaps someone further down may have already addressed, is the coincidental timing here in relation to Ms. Logan's increasing prominence on the media stage, and that this exposé is likely a warning/punishment-meted-out to Ms. Logan, who does not tow the party line. Note the snips from the Post article:

"Tale of the love fight first broke on the freerepublic.com in December." [so this was known about 7 months ago... how curious the Post reports it, hence giving it super-size MSM reach, just now.]

"The scandal comes just as the former model's journalistic career is starting to skyrocket." [i.e., her truth telling is attracting too much attention, and perhaps the last straw was her Daily Show appearance just 5-days earlier, where she laid it all out, and even took a swipe at Laura Bush's photo-op visits to Afghanistan]

"Yesterday, CBS announced, without a hint of irony, that she was given a new Washington assignment as chief foreign-affairs correspondent." [promoted to a state-side desk job, where she will be impotent, and soon fall by the wayside... ]

[Axolotl]

but at least it involves affairs

[dr4Will]

this is reporting? gossip writers should go elsewhere--huff post is turning in to US magazine!

[torsienj]

Ha, slipped it through!

[AdultFilmLegend]

All those reporters and no one got it on film?

[Axolotl]

Now, what is John McCain's role in this national security matter?

[roncraw]

Two real lucky guys

[Axolotl]

you mean before she arrived, the two guys...