Customs Officials Investigating Artifacts Lara Logan Brought Back From Iraq

Page Six reports that US Customs is looking into whether Lara Logan broke any rules in bringing Iraqi artifacts back to the US:

CBS news hottie Lara Logan could be in hot water for swiping souvenirs from the wreckage of bombed-out Baghdad.

In a video profile of the "60 Minutes" star called "Lara Logan's Spoils of War," mementos from Iraq and Afghanistan are shown in her Washington office.

"The prize pieces are . . . pre-Iraq invasion portraits of Saddam Hussein. In one [he's] shown in military fatigues. Logan told us she found it in pieces, in the ruins of the Olympic committee building after it was bombed," reports Marisa Guthrie of Broadcasting & Cable, the media industry publication that produced the online piece.

Taking such items out of the country is considered theft under a federal provision designed to protect Iraqi heritage. One former Fox News engineer has already been prosecuted and placed on probation for smuggling paintings from Iraqi palaces. Other journos have been warned.

A rep for the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement told us the agency was looking into it. Logan refused to speak with us. A CBS News flack sniffed, "Sorry, but this one's not worthy of a comment."

Read the entire Page Six item here, or watch the video that got Logan in trouble below:

Spoils of War: A Tour of Lara Logan's Office from Broadcasting & Cable on Vimeo.

Comments

[walk0nwalls]

"CBS news hottie Lara Logan could be in hot water for swiping souvenirs from the wreckage of bombed-out Baghdad. "

You know, she's done more than just her looks you condescending sexist dogs.

Sorry, it's just... don't define people just by their looks if they have more to offer the world.

If they have NOTHING else to offer the world, then it's okay but Lara clearly has a brain.

[HeevenSteven]

I'm surpised they haven't put her on the terrorist watch list yet, like some others who haven't written nice things about this administration.

[truthyguy]

It is typical of so many newspeople today. The story is always about self-aggrandizement.
Souvenirs to confirm her own image of her importance.
Newsflash: Sweetie - the news is not that you are reporting it.

[Archivist1000]

george bush has Saddam's gun in his office .... a memento given to him by someone who was there ...............

Anyone investigating that ?

[Marshall Lucky]

Every time Huffington Post regurgitates Newscorp's filth and garbage, the site loses credibility. Like all other Murdoch-owned "news" sources, Page Six is a collection of obnoxious, hysterical, conscious, habitual liars. If they ran a story about the sky being blue, I'd look out my window just to be sure. Why HuffPo runs this pigswill is beyond me.

[dadw5boys]

SO 163 PALLETS OF $100.00 BILLS TOTALING OVER $263 MILLION DOLLARS GOES MISSING AND THE WORRY ABOUT PHOTO'S ?????????

[Dave24]

If she stole a 3-ton golden statue, go after her -- but pictures of Saddam? Come on. Common sense here.

[motu]

Agreed.
Seems like 'they' are always trying to trash Laura...

[neumann]

A print of a Saddam Hussein headshot?

Jesus, from the headline I thought there was going to be video of her plundering the Ziggurat of Ur or hauling solid gold statues of Baal out of the National museum. This looks like the type of Stalinist portrait that every schoolchild was forced to hang in his locker.

Give news hottie a break.

[zepfan81]

You got to be kidding me. She's a heck of a reporter and she's been getting crap because she's been so critical of other "softball" journalist. Even her affairs didn't seem to conflict with her reporting. So what? She brought home some posters, I'm sure that's the kind of stuff the Iraqis REALLY want to keep as reminders. Anyone that thinks that soldiers, journalists, aid workers, etc. don't take things just lying around in a combat zone is an idiot. Leave this woman alone, I'd rather have her with her flaws than Geraldo anyday.

[RobinSeattle]

When I hear the name "Lara Logan," I start hearing Frank Zappa's " C r e w s l u t " in my head.

[mediamarv]

No one did a body cavity search on her?
How unpartriotic.
Homeland security fails again.

[gobytrain]

How tacky.

Funny how if you're "hot" you can get so much further in your career, with so little else going for you. We've so not come a long way, baby.

[prettychicago]

She is a beautiful woman, and smart. Plus she has a kickin' accent.

People do get ahead on looks, but very few can sustain on looks alone. I deal with it all of the time in my industry. There are makeup artists (many former models go into the field) who look the part and get jobs because of it. If they do a crappy job they usually don't hired again. Not even models can sustain a solid career if they are idiots...

It's actually backwards to say that she has nothing else to offer. I am sure my appearance has helped me in my life, but I work darn hard for everything I have. And if someone willingly spends a few years in a war zone reporting, they have to have some substance.

[Amennyc]

Oh brother., she risks her life to give us the news from Iraq. Finds some crinkled old posters and that's what the customs office is focused on? Ya' think there be bigger priorities?? Maybe they should spend more time inspecting cargo ships from China.

[motu]

Right on!

This place can be soo tab loid tr ash sometimes.
Wish they weren't.

[motu]

This comment is pending approval and won't be displayed until it is approved.
IS FRICKIN RIDICULOUS sometimes!!!

[Cyclone]

This is about Laura Logan's reporting. Say what you will about her personally the woman is a brilliant and honest reporter. This is what happens when you go against the currrent administration. The purpose of this harrasment is to intimidate other reporters. Plain and simple.

[AynRand123]

She'll simply sleep with a customs agent or two and it'll be allllllright.

[DMcD]

Thats a pretty cheap shot on this heroic woman ------- she's got more "guts" than any 20 of us mere mortals (including you) and is deserving of our highest esteem.

[Yuma]

She is having a baby????

[dzent1]

Go Lara! Page Six is the most insultingly trivial piece of "ver-bage" (as in gar-bage) in existence. Even my bird won't cr@p on it. If they are reporting it, it's not worth knowing.

Thank God for reporters like Lara who have seen enough carnage to know how necessary it is to tell the truth about this god-forsaken war. The fact that she's the Nicole Kidman of broadcast journalism is just a bonus.