Fox News Pundit Pleads Guilty To Faking CIA Ties

[47of74]

Source: Huffington Post

A Fox News guest terrorism analyst pleaded guilty on Friday to U.S. charges that he fraudulently claimed to have been a CIA agent for decades, federal prosecutors said.

Wayne Simmons, 62, of Annapolis, Maryland, entered the plea in U.S. district court in Alexandria, Virginia, a Washington suburb, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a statement.

The plea came in a hearing in which Simmons changed the not-guilty plea he had made in October.

“His fraud cost the government money, could have put American lives at risk, and was an insult to the real men and women of the intelligence community who provide tireless service to this country,” said Dana Boente, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fox-pundit-cia_us_5723952ae4b01a5ebde58030

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I would hope this dude is going away for a while.

Of course I'm not overly optimistic about that.

Here's the DOJ press release on this matter.

[gopiscrap]

1. what an asswipe

[NWCorona]

2. People like this are the worst

And being that he was on TV. How did he think that he wouldn't get caught?

[Human101948]

4. You are talking about Fox News...

They don't think we can see into their alternate universe.

[47of74]

5. And probably thought since he was almight Faux News...

...that he was above the law just like all the other blowholes there seem to be.

[reddread]

3. could have been worse. could have been true.

it is as if we never had laws to protect us from what has taken over our airwaves.

fools.

[Warpy]

6. Don't tell me for a NY second that Pox didn't see this one coming

After all, they've been in the business of faking news and whipping up hysteria for a couple of decades. A phony like Simmons is a great fit for them.

[CanonRay]

7. I swear the entire GOP is one gigantic scam n/t

[GreydeeThos]

8. Modus operandi for FAUX NUZE

Fraudulent, lying, deceptive purveyors of inflammatory dialogue crafted to benefit the Republican Party.

[Kingofalldems]

9. Another paid conservative who got caught.

[houston16revival]

10. What's the old saw?

You can't admit you're in, and you're never out.

So yes this guy was a stooge as soon as he publicly disclosed.

[Lil Missy]

11. Fox will give him his own show now. n/t

[fred v]

12. Surprise!

Fake network hires fakes.

[Botany]

13. But the people who watch Fox News will never know of this

Bill O was caught in a ton of lies, his children were taken away from him, and he
paid $$$$ millions to a subordinate that he talked dirty to on the phone with a
"buzz toy" up his butt but he is still on every night.

Fox News was built on the idea of lying to a certain section of the American people
is part of their business plan.

[Bangbangdem]

14. Catch....

....and release.

[Helen Borg]

15. How about some jail time?

[forest444]

16. Fox News should plead guilty to running a news channel with a permit obtained on false pretenses.

In 1995, you may remember, Fox faced scrutiny from the FCC because News Ltd.'s Australian base made Murdoch's ownership of Fox illegal.

The (Rapepublican-appointed) FCC ruled in Murdoch's favor, however, stating that his ownership of Fox was in the best interests of the public.

[tabasco]

17. Fox "News" has no interest in the truth

Fox "News" propaganda executives are enemies of the American people.