On March 21, 2011
CNN foreign correspondent
Nic Robertson criticized Harrigan's coverage of
Operation Odyssey Dawn and allegations that the Libyan government had used foreign journalists as human shields against a coalition air-strike on Muammar Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli. The controversy arose when Harrigan refused to take part of a trip organized by the Libyan government to inspect the site of the attack. According to Robertson, the
Fox News team sent a non-editorial member of their staff instead of Harrigan. ==Personal life==