Posted on 10/15/2015 10:46:48 PM PDT by Helicondelta
A Fox News guest terrorism analyst was arrested on Thursday after a grand jury indicted him on charges of falsely claiming to have been a CIA agent for decades, US prosecutors said.
Wayne Simmons, 62, of Annapolis, Maryland, bogusly portrayed himself as an “Outside Paramilitary Special Operations Officer” for the Central Intelligence Agency from 1973 to 2000, the US Attorney’s Office for Virginia’s Eastern District said in a statement.
Simmons allegedly tried to use that claim to get government security clearances and work as a defense contractor. At one point he was deployed overseas as an intelligence adviser to senior military officers, the statement said.
He faces charges of major fraud against the United States, wire fraud and making false statements to the government.
He has appeared on Fox News, a unit of 21st Century Fox Inc , as a guest analyst on terrorism since 2002 and has a wide presence among conservative groups, a profile on Amazon.com said.
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haven’t watched fox in seven months now,.
dont remember this guy after looking at his pic.
didn’t know it was a crime. hmm. oh well.
I didn’t know that was a crime. I mean, Obama claims to be an American and a Christian after all. Maybe the guy identifies as CIA? Aren’t we supposed to respect wishful fantasies of identity?
That’s a crime, but wearing a military uniform loaded with fake and unearned medals and ribbons is not.
Actually, begging with that uniform is fraud and must be some kind of financial theft. with medals and everything you would make a fortune on the streets begging.
That is worse that saying you are something you’re not,
When I watched a 2009 video of him this evening, I remembered him. Seemed to be on regularly at one time. He called Obama “The Boy King” in the clip and said no one fears us https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9ZjTF7LPiU
who?
Yeah I remember him....It’s been a while since I last saw him and I have not had FOX or Cable since Jan 2013.
On Dec 29, 2009, Wayne Simmons gave a TV interview, on which he stated “Islamic Terrorists do not fear the “Boy King” Obama!” He has often referred to the 2008 election as “The Coronation of The Boy King.” My guess is Simmons has been on the White House radar and Enemy List ever since those broadcasts. Now they get to give him the Petraeus Treatment.
He seems somewhat familiar. Guess he won’t, anymore...LOLOLOL.
http://dailysignal.com/2015/02/10/senate-report-exposes-epas-secret-science-phony-cia-agent/
Apparently it’s an epidemic.
Bizarre.
STUPID to go on TV under false pretenses, particularly with claims of CIA employment...LOL.
That agency doesn't take impostors lightly.
Sounds like the good guys are doing a bang up job of vetting people wanting to work for the government. I mean, he as deployed as an intelligence adviser to senior military officers? Really?
I think some of his crimes includes bad mouthing Obama, Benghazi etc.
You would think Fox would at minimum do a background check for employment...?
Being a CIA Operative is a great way to entre' yourself into the game show business...
all he has to do is tell the authorities people misunderstood him- He actually told them he works for the CAI- He can’t help it if they heard CIA
“He also spoke at a 2013 forum sponsored by the Citizens Committee on Benghazi probing the deaths of four Americans in Libya in 2012.”
And there you have the rest of the story.
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