Wayne Simmons, a recurring guest on Fox News who claimed to have 27 years of experience with the CIA, was arrested Thursday after being indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that he lied about his service.
Simmons is accused of falsely claiming that he worked as an "outside paramilitary special operations officer" for the CIA from 1973 to 2000. On Fox, this was often shortened to "former CIA operative."
He was also indicted for using that false claim to gain government security clearances and an assignment as a defense contractor, where he advised senior military personnel overseas.
Simmons made his initial appearance in court on Thursday afternoon. If convicted, he could face up to 35 years in prison on charges of major fraud against the United States, wire fraud, and making false statements to the government.
Simmons is a familiar face to Fox News viewers. After the arrest was announced on Thursday, Fox News spokesperson Irena Briganti told CNN that he "was never a contributor for Fox News," and that he appeared on the network only as a non-paid guest. She therefore declined to comment further.
Uh...well as it turns out Simmons has a website on which he claims that "has been a Terrorism Analyst for the Fox News Channel since 2002."
Can you say "Awkward?"
But let's be fair. After all just about everybody on Fox News is fake.
There are fake terrorism analysts.
Fake psychiatrists.
Fake liberals.
Fake black people.
And of course tons of fake journalists.
So if you are surprised by this then you simply have no been paying attention.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. I damn near fell off my chair. Things are changing G. The truth keeps bubbling up in so many different ways.
ReplyDeleteDid you hear that Ben Carson has suspended his campaign to go on a book tour? Yes, well now we know what we suspected. Some of the R's run for President to sell books and achieve a higher profile so they can higher speaking fees.
Don't forget that @sshole blowhard O'Reilly.
ReplyDeleteFake human being?
DeleteFake journalist?
DeleteThis could be the start of something new.....
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Forecasters predict El Niño will deliver changes to winter weather across the US
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/oct/15/el-nino-winter-weather-forecast
It's really poor form for a white guy to decide the "blackness" of black people.
ReplyDeleteI get that what you were saying is that Fox works overtime trying to find black people who support their agenda in order to have a single person they can point to to say "See! We're not racist! This black guy agrees with us!" (Which is pretty racist in and of itself.) And, that's a mouthful to use for a picture label, but please consider changing it to something that more accurately reflects what you were actually trying to communicate. "Fake community spokesperson"? "Fake representative"? "Unrepresentative representative"?
Good article otherwise.
The GOP lineup is a pack of unrestrained and ignorant juveniles.. No self control, no ideas and answers or even acknowledgement of pressing issues. Most of all, it is a group unable to come to any consensus, the very basic premise of governance.
ReplyDeletePlease don't tell me the nice titties on Fox are fake also.
ReplyDeleteAnd the carpet doesn't match the drapes either, tee hee, tee hee!
DeleteJust HOW THE HECK was he able to fake the stuff for security clearances and the government/ defense contracts??? Aren't people checked and re-checked and turned inside-out in order to get security clearances???
ReplyDeleteI guess that explains the non-vetting of our Tundra Turd and her Two-Toned 'First Dud' for VP...
Of course now Fox will distance itself from Simmons. He won't be mentioned again on Fox ever. Ever.
ReplyDeleteBunch of fake boobs, in every sense..
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These guys to in CA
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4:18 PM Mildred , that was funny!!!!!!! and true!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI noticed the bare, thigh showings are more and more!
At this rate the fools and ghouls on Fox will have to show up wearing tube tops, tank tops, and underoos!
DeleteIt seems like the dems have no shortage of actual fake black people these days.
ReplyDeleteReally? How much did the actual fake black detector cost and did you get yours on Ebay or Amazon?
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Yep, there's a lot of self-loathing people of color and/or minorities on Fox News!
Delete2:26 you are a prime example of liberal racism, thanks for the display. Liberal racists are a scourge on this nation.
DeleteThis man looks like a combination of Bill Kristol and Dickless Cheney, doesn't he?
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