CBS Reporter Investigated for Looting
Jules Crittenden reports that federal agents are investigating whether CBS correspondent Lara Logan smuggled mementoes to the U.S.
Agents found out that Logan had items in her possession which belong back in Iraq, after a video profile on the beautiful reporter was aired called “Lara Logan’s Spoils of War.”
In the video, Logan shows off mementoes from Iraq and Afghanistan which she keeps in her Washington office. She explained she found the pieces in the ruins of the Olympic committee building after it was bombed by American forces.
A U.S. law, which aims at protesting Iraqis’ heritage considers such actions theft.
As Jules points out in a couple of times in his post on it, Logan is one of the most beautiful and ambitious female reporters in America. The case could hurt her image considerably, considering the unprofessional nature of the act; a reporter reports. Not steal.
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Actually what damaged America’s reputation abroad was also about the kind of looting that happened in the aftermath of war. I’ve heard quite a few people of Middle Eastern background mention this. It is one thing to go to war, even if it’s for oil, even bomb places and kill civilians in the name of “collateral damage”, but another thing to rip off national treasures and steal artifacts like she has done. The looting and stealing without any respect for the culture is a major factor in why US has lost so much credibility as well. These are not trophies or “goodies” for anyone to take home. It’s a hideous act, an utter disrespect for the culture and the inheritance.