Feds Arrest Fox News Commentator, Allege He Lied About CIA Past

[Grassy Knoll]

Source: huffingtonpost

WASHINGTON -- A Fox News commentator who has been lying for years about working for the Central Intelligence Agency was arrested on Thursday and is being charged in connection with falsely claiming he worked as an “Outside Paramilitary Special Operations Officer” for the CIA for nearly three decades.

Wayne Simmons, a 62-year-old who lives in Annapolis, Maryland, was arrested by federal authorities following his indictment by a federal grand jury for allegedly committing major fraud, wire fraud, and making false statements to the government. Simmons claims to have worked for the CIA from 1973 to 2000, and "used that false claim in an attempt to obtain government security clearances and work as a defense contractor, including at one point successfully getting deployed overseas as an intelligence advisor to senior military personnel," according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/wayne-simmons-arrest-cia_561fd787e4b028dd7ea6fd43?o3v26gvi

[jpak]

1. Throw the book at him

yup

[Stuart G]

2. One less jerk on Fox News...now..what about the others?...nt

[mr goodbeer]

10. Good question

If lying is cause for arrest, the whole damn network should be in custody!

[wordpix]

20. yes to you all

[MynameisBlarney]

3. HA! I just post the same in general discussion!

Also...

https://s.yimg.com/fz/api/res/1.2/wJXjan630rrqS_d.SAQJoA--/YXBwaWQ9c3JjaGRkO2g9MzI0O3E9OTU7dz00OTk-/

[Laf.La.Dem.]

4. Surprise (LOL)

[kairos12]

5. Fox News Person Arrested for Lying. Is there a test pattern on Faux news now

to make up for all the dead air?

[FiveGoodMen]

8. Test Pattern!

[bahrbearian]

6. Stolen Valor

[Nye Bevan]

34. The "Stolen Valor" act was ruled unconsititional in 2012.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen_Valor_Act_of_2005

What this guy did was way beyond just lying.

[jtuck004]

7. So the Supreme Court says they can lie about news, since that is entertainment, but it appears you

cannot then hire a liar to pretend they are related to the fed. That's just too much. lol.

Too bad being a lying "journalist" isn't on that list too.

[Recursion]

38. Even that's fine; the charge is that he defrauded the government

By claiming intel experience he didn't have in order to get placement on certain trips.

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. Benghazi!!!!

He is a member of the "Citizens Commission on Benghazi," a panel created by the conservative media organization Accuracy in Media that has trafficked in in conspiracy theories about the 2012 attack on a U.S. compound in Libya, in which several officials were killed.

ROGER ARONOFF: Next is Wayne Simmons, former CIA officer. Wayne Simmons acquired extensive government experience which was gathered during 27 years in the intelligence business with the CIA. Recruited by the CIA in 1973 while in the U.S. Navy, Simmons became part of an outside paramilitary special operations group where, in addition to working against narcoterrorists, he ran special operations against armed smugglers, counterfeiters, cyber-terrorists, and industrial and economic espionage. Simmons sits on the advisory council for the Intelligence Summit. He’s a contributor to the conservative publication Human Events, and has been a terrorism analyst for the Fox News Channel since 2002. Wayne Simmons.
...
I would leave with you this. I spent 27 plus years running nothing and doing nothing but special operations. I know what they look like. I know how they end. I see all of the blueprints of operations all around the world. I can smell one. I can see it before it happens. It’s like the guys that they hire in the casinos to look for the cheaters. Those guys are cheaters themselves. So they can spot the mark. They can spot the hit before it happens.

Well, I’m that guy who spent all those years understanding what operations are, and I would tell you, I am not a black helicopter guy. Those that know me know that that is, I am not. I’m here today because I dealt in reality, and in fact, and a whole lot of luck.

This Benghazi assault, this attack, has all–and I mean all–of the earmarks of what we call a “con-op,” a concept of operation. This did not happen by accident. This did not happen because some guy ran the video. You all have heard that and I think most in here would believe that. We don’t know who planned it. We don’t know who drew it out–yet. We believe, we all have ideas of who–

http://www.aim.org/benghazi/wayne-simmons-former-cia-officer/

Get it before they wipe it!

[Gregorian]

11. That is rich.

Thank you for posting that.

Delusional nut job(s).

[Judi Lynn]

24. Wow! He has nerve. Spectacularly stupid, too, of course. "Con-op." Thank you. n/t

[jberryhill]

26. Already wiped

[Eugene]

27. The page is now 404 but the Wayback Machine saved a copy from May 2015.

https://web.archive.org/web/20150123082719/http://www.aim.org/benghazi/wayne-simmons-former-cia-officer

Amazing.

[ThoughtCriminal]

31. Love the irony of the 404 page this bring up now

http://www.aim.org/benghazi/wayne-simmons-former-cia-officer/

Here is the exact page text:

Epic 404 - Article Not Found
This is embarassing. We can't find what you were looking for.

[Darb]

32. I think he is right about Benghazi, it was a conjob.

A black op intended to help Romney win.

[NCjack]

12. Waterboard him! He could be Islamo-terrorist! /nt

[PersonNumber503602]

13. Lying about working for the CIA to get security clearance seems really really really stupid.

It says he was deployed overseas. So does that mean he was able to do it? How did that happen?

[Geronimoe]

14. If only he were a banker

funding Hillary's campaign. All he would have gotten was a plea to cut it out.

[displacedtexan]

21. Huh?

Did I miss something? Is this guy a Clinton campaign staffer/ supporter, or are you saying a banker associated with Democrats is worse than a lying Fox News Repuke darling?

Seriously confused here.

[Darb]

33. Dumb post of the thread award. Congrats.

Nice going.

[Enthusiast]

15. If the CIA says he is lying he's probably telling the truth.

[BlueJazz]

16. I'm sure that will be the Top Story on tonight's Fox News world report.

[turbinetree]

17. This just shows..............................

that fix noise has no vetting process or any credibility------------------------none

And then they put this propagandists on the air to spew propaganda.

Reminds me of O'Reilly being in El Salvador, Falklands,for example

My question is who in the government system gave him the clearance to go overseas and who was the senior adviser, did he or she not properly investigate this individual------------this is scary, who else.

I mean when I went to work for some companies, it took over month to get vetted and I had to get fingerprinted, does not your social security number say anything, that's how they check through national data base, I mean really

Then again this is fix noise-----------not a surprise

[Bossy Monkey]

18. Note to self: retype CV n/t

[tabasco]

19. Great job vetting your experts, Fox "News"

Now charge the rest of them for impersonating journalists.

[olddots]

22. this should be cross posted in good news

never saw this particular turd maggot , Fox just got outfoxed .

[valerief]

23. But it's legal to lie on TV.

http://www.projectcensored.org/11-the-media-can-legally-lie/

[47of74]

25. Such journalistic integrity....NOT

I've shit better journalistic integrity than Simmons.

[Eugene]

28. Lemme get this straight...

A convicted violent felon applied for security clearances
by claiming to be a former CIA officer and he got hired
as a military advisor?

And it took him this long to get caught. I'm impressed
he took this con as far as he did. The Fox Noise and
Benghazi angles are a nice touch.

[Jesus Malverde]

30. Likely in the same time frame they were outsourcing

Background checks.

[Recursion]

40. One hand rarely knows what the other is doing

Getting a DoD clearance, for instance, has little to no bearing on getting a clearance through another department.

[Recursion]

39. And might never have gotten caught if he had stayed off TV

The US really, really, really needs to re-think its background check and clearance process.

[Vogon_Glory]

29. Faux Cable Noise Needs A New Slogan

"Truth-free and loving it!"

[Politicalboi]

35. Here he is using that old line

He gives himself away at the 2:27 mark.

[Reter]

36. It's illegal to say you used to work for the CIA?

Then why wasn't Steven Seagal ever arrested for it? Unless...He really did...

[Recursion]

41. It's illegal to defraud the government in doing so

It sounds like the genius lied on an SF86, the form you fill out to get a security clearance, as part of trying to get a job.

[eppur_se_muova]

37. Fox "News" commentator arrested for lying ?? And they didn't get them all ??

What's with that ?

[StandingInLeftField]

42. My email to the Citizens' Commission on Benghazi

"Contact Us
To Contact the Commission

If you have specific knowledge about what happened on September 11, 2012 in Benghazi, Libya, please contact us. We will be holding a public conference on September 16, 2013, and are interested in hearing from people with first-hand knowledge, whose information has not been made public.

We are also interested in your thoughts on the entire Benghazi situation.

Message Sent (go back)
Name: L******* S******
Email: l*************@gmail.com
Comment: I notice that your page about Wayne Simmons has been removed. Any particular reason for that? Is it possible he may have been.......oh I dunno.... a LIAR????????? Perhaps that makes CCB liars ALSO??????"