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Saturday, October 17, 2015

This Guy Posed As An Ex-CIA Agent And Fooled Fox News And Donald Rumsfeld

This Guy Posed As An Ex-CIA Agent And Fooled Fox News And Donald Rumsfeld
Jack Holmes
​Frequent Fox News guest Wayne Simmons, who claimed to have 27 years experience with the Central Intelligence Agency, has been indicted in federal court on charges of fraud after being accused of lying about his record, CNN reports. Simmons billed himself as a counterterrorism expert and was normally referred to as a "former CIA operative" when making appearances.
Simmons appeared in court Thursday afternoon to face the indictments: major fraud against the United States, wire fraud, and making false statements to the government. He allegedly impersonated a CIA agent while dealing with the federal government—taking his Fox show on the road—and attempted to gain a security clearance and an assignment as a defense contractor. If convicted on all counts, he could face 35 years in prison.
His website, which kind of looks like it belongs to a fake CIA officer, claims he joined the navy in 1973, where he was recruited by the agency. Later, it says, he "spearheaded Deep Cover Intel Ops against some of the world's most dangerous Drug Cartels and arms smugglers from Central and South America and the Middle East.​"


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