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Fox News "Terror Expert" Wayne Simmons Arrested for Lying About Career as CIA Officer
blacklistednews ^ | October 16, 2015 | Blacklistednews

Posted on 10/17/2015 6:34:18 PM PDT by Mozilla

Wayne Simmons has been arrested after a federal grand jury indicted him on "charges of major fraud against the United States, wire fraud, and making false statements to the government," including allegedly falsely claiming he worked for the CIA. Simmons was a frequent and favorite guest on Fox News, and was one of the conservative media's purported experts on the 2012 Benghazi attacks. Simmons joined several prominent conservative activists and media figures in calling for the House to convene a Benghazi Select Committee.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: benghazi; cia; foxnews; kentclizbe; obamanation; simmons; waynesimmons
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1 posted on 10/17/2015 6:34:19 PM PDT by Mozilla
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To: Mozilla

Cavuto allegedly apologized for using this guy.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/neil-cavutos-apology-for-alleged-cia-fraudster-puts-pressure-on-other-fox-h


2 posted on 10/17/2015 6:34:37 PM PDT by Mozilla
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To: Mozilla

A private chump lies about being in the CIA and gets arrested. A former secretary of state lies about having classified top secret e-mails on an illegal private, unsecured server and well? Fill in the blanks. So much for the rule of law.


3 posted on 10/17/2015 6:39:55 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: Mozilla

Why now. They had to know this guy was a phony from the start. Something fishy about this.


4 posted on 10/17/2015 6:42:02 PM PDT by Wilderness Conservative
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To: Mozilla

Good.


5 posted on 10/17/2015 6:47:04 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Mozilla

What is wrong with these people like Wayne Simmons? Just stand as who you are. People will respect you if you’re truthful and honorable. Jesus Christ is our No. 1 example of truth and honor.


6 posted on 10/17/2015 6:48:58 PM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: Mozilla
So it's notjust FOX that was fooled, it was the government too? He claimed to the government that he was CIA? Who in the government did he make that claim to?
7 posted on 10/17/2015 6:51:57 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Mozilla
Of course, if one had worked covertly for the CIA and based one's later career on having done so, and the CIA later decided it wanted to destroy you, it seems likely they could convincingly deny that you ever worked for them, and do so so convincingly that a grand jury might take your claims to be fraudulent.
8 posted on 10/17/2015 6:56:52 PM PDT by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know...)
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To: Mozilla

As Abe said, you can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.


9 posted on 10/17/2015 6:57:55 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: The_Reader_David

All he would need is a paycheck, insurance, or retirement statement to prove his employment, then.


10 posted on 10/17/2015 7:09:38 PM PDT by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: The_Reader_David

Plausible deniability will insulate the CIA, and leave him with no way to prove his connection to them.

Another possibility is that he is a setup, an actor they put in place to someday discredit the conservative media, until the right time to cut him loose. What better time than now, with Hillary about to face Trey Gowdy et al?


11 posted on 10/17/2015 7:19:33 PM PDT by MikeNJ
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To: Mozilla

I thought something was wrong when he used Jason Bourne’ as one of his aliases..


12 posted on 10/17/2015 7:22:22 PM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: Mozilla

Baseball player steroid - STIFF punishment

Rodeo Clown prances around w/Prez mask - FIRED, blacklisted

Teacher cheats on achievment tests - HUGE scandal

Football player deflates footballs - HUGE scandal, thousands of media hours consumed damning him

S.O.S. sets up pop-up CIA and server in remote bathroom, overthrows a dictator, kills him and 4 Americans, funnels weapons to third country - NO PROBLEM AT ALL. NOTHING.


13 posted on 10/17/2015 7:26:13 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: Fungi

BUMP!


14 posted on 10/17/2015 7:27:53 PM PDT by RedMDer (Support Free Republic and Keep FReedom ALIVE!)
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To: ConservativeMind

“All he would need is a paycheck, insurance, or retirement statement to prove his employment, then.”

Only if he was a CIA case officer. Fox called him an “operative,” which indicates independent contractor. If he was involved in covert operations, he may have been paid with laundered funds, through one of their fronts, not readily traceable to the source.


15 posted on 10/17/2015 7:28:43 PM PDT by MikeNJ
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To: Wilderness Conservative

Fox News and the sites that used him as a writer did a bad job of vetting his background if he was able to get away with lying about his career for years. This is a black eye on the credibility of their experts.


16 posted on 10/17/2015 7:28:57 PM PDT by Mozilla
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To: Mozilla

This is the guy who saw the secret polls showing Trump’s collapse.

Fox News is a joke. They are like the Daily Show on comedy central. All satire and make believe.


17 posted on 10/17/2015 7:29:04 PM PDT by Helicondelta
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To: Wilderness Conservative
Something fishy about this.

He was being used by the CIA as a 'source' to provide info to the media. They probably even told him he was an 'official' agent.

For some reason, they no longer need him, or want him.

18 posted on 10/17/2015 7:29:10 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: piasa

I wonder if he got clearance to things he was not supposed to see.


19 posted on 10/17/2015 7:30:36 PM PDT by Mozilla
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To: Mozilla

The blows keep coming for discredited faux news...


20 posted on 10/17/2015 7:32:38 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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