"60 Minutes" correspondent Lara Logan is back on air, more than six months after being forced to take a leave of absence for inaccurately reporting on an attack in Benghazi, Libya, that resulted in the deaths of four Americans.
According to the Associated Press, CBS News spokesperson Sonya McNair said Wednesday that Logan was back, but did not provide any further details, including when the news correspondent might resume working or what stories she'd be reporting on.
No information has been released on whether Logan will be taking up her previous role as Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent.
CBS suspended Logan and producer Max McClellan after an October 27 report on "60 Minutes" claimed that the 2012 attack killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans. The report was based on the testimony by Dylan Davies, a security contractor. Davies, along with another supposed eyewitnesses, said that they were present during the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.
However, there was no evidence to support the individual's claims and CBS News retracted their story. Logan and the CBS network was criticized for not doing a better job checking out Davies' story and verifying the facts. Logan, a mother of two, later apologized for the faulty report on-air.
"The most important thing to every person at '60 Minutes' is the truth, and today, the truth is that we made a mistake," Logan told "CBS This Morning" in November. "That's very disappointing for any journalist. That's very disappointing for me."
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Logan will not be seen on "60 Minutes" until the fall, but may be seen on other CBS News broadcasts in the coming weeks. While on assignment in Egypt in 2011, Logan was reportedly sexually assaulted by a mob celebrating the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.
