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

[foghornleghorny]

Ware told me that their lovemaking was so intense that his nose straightened out.

[Axolotl]

gross

[CaptainHowdy]

I see that HuffPo has join the smearing of two anti-war reporters.

People seem to forget that Huffington was a Conservative numerous years ago.

Nice to see that her little right wing Trojan Horse experiment is working.

[FirstShirt]

I truly enjoy these liberal websites. They are so much more entertaining than the droll conservative fare. Keep up the good work and your issue oriented progressive links.

[SenhorTambor]

Yeah, liberal websites and their stories of heterosexual encounters. The "droll conservative" stuff happens in airport men's rooms, or involve snorting meth off of male hookers' asses.

[grandpaw]

Huffington Post tries to get a cut of the grocery store tabloid readership.

[Cyclone]

I don't know who decides what's "news" on a progressive site such as this, especially when it's source in the The National Enquirer". It's very dissapointing to see such a sensatonal headline meant to embarass and denegrate Ms. Logan. Ture or not, who cares. The woman is a brilliant and courageous.
This is clearly a smackdown for her frank and refreshing comments on The Daily Show. Belittle her and make her common. That way no one wil ltake her seriously. I'm surprised the eitors here thought this story was so urgently important abd that they would participate in spreading it, especially from such a questionable source.

[Dancer]

CYCLONE, you've said what I was thinking so much better than I could have...SHAME on HUFFPO...and ditto to all your remarks...

[jasjohn128]

I'll bet, along with probably 95% of the posters on this thread, that the editors here knew this was a highly newsworthy story simply because it seems to have arisen in retaliation for Lara Logan's outspoken comments during her interview with Jon Stewart last week.



The Huffpo editors did what good editors do; and they also knew that, as always, there'll be a few who just don't get it - and can't wait to prove it to the rest of us by misreading their reporting of this event as "tabloid journalism".

[blueshield]

I think the newsworthy story in this case was that an American newspaper had surfaced with a derogatory story citing unnamed sources and unsavory and unsubstantiated claims about an influential female journalist's private romantic involvements in Iraq, within days of her public critique of her profession. Quoting the piece verbatim here adds to its credibility, and degrades HuffPo.

[wayoutleft]

i misunderstood what they meant by embedded journalists all along...

[who]

Why on earth is the Huffington Post running this tabloid garbage? Why not run some of Logan's stories, she is one of the few journalists with the courage and integrity to do her job.

[EastTraveler]

She is as hot as hot can be! Smear campaign is what this is all about...

Who's business is this anyways...

[ccpostman]

It's monkey business!

[spicegal]

This is such total garbage, and certainly not newsworthy. I mean who really cares? They are in a war zone after all.

[MissKaren]

Logan has taken more risks for news than most and she deserves whatever she wants for bringing the realities of this tragic boondoggle home to us even when we wanted to t urn away. I don't care who she's sleeping with or not sleeping with.

[Axolotl]

let me get this right. taking risks earns right to orgasms?

[BARRISTER]

Who Cares, war or no war???

[amirtalai]

this is not news. nude pix of Lara Logan. Now that would be news. Please. please someone find nude pix of Lara Logan. I am willing to pay money. Me pay many USD for pix of Lara. Me likey blonde with accent who talk about genocide.

[americanalien]

Lara Logon and Michael Ware seem to channel this air of intensity in their reporting. When they are on t.v. they command your attention. You can't help but be drawn in by their sizzling accents and passion for good journalism. If this story is true, I bet any love triangle involving the two was rather steamy and pursued with reckless abandon.

[plooger]

Interesting that this is coming out now, after Logan's recent, critical comments on American media and the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

[sydfynch]

exactly. no way it's a coincidence.

[oscartucker]

I agree!

[LJMinOKC]

I am disappointed that this is considered "news" worth printing. I agree with a previous comment: nobody's business but theirs!! Is this The National Inquirer?!

[MiraMcB]

Ain't nobody's business but their own...

[Nominay]

Michael Ware is one lucky son of a bitch - she's the hottest woman on the planet.

[MiraMcB]

Michael Ware is a pretty hot item himself.

:)