Michael Ware

Michael Ware is a CNN correspondent whose rigorous reports from both sides of the front lines in Afghanistan and Iraq have earned both praise and controversy. His personal life itself was the subject of some controversy in June 2008, when reports surfaced of his involvement in a love triangle with CBS reporter Lara Logan and a married State Department contractor, Joe Burkett.

Fast Facts

1. Born: March 25, 1969
2. Origin: Brisbane, Australia
3. Law degree from University of Queensland
4. Worked for Time Magazine, 2001-2006¹
5. Was Time's Baghdad Bureau Chief
6. Joined CNN in June 2006¹
7. Criticized for October 2006 report from perspective of [[Iraqi Insurgent Coalition|Iraqi insurgents²

Alleged Love Triangle

As reported in the National Enquirer, CBS' Logan was the focus of an angry confrontation between Burkett and "a star CNN correspondent."³ Subsequent reports identified Ware as the third party in the alleged love triangle. Sources close to Logan, however, said that her relationship with Ware was only "one time fling," and that the reported confrontation never took place.⁴