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This man was on Fox News 24/7 for years, it wouldn't surprise me if he made over a hundred appearances. - Chris Wayne Simmons claimed to be something of an American James Bond, and if you watched TV or ran his name through Google, you’d have no reason to doubt him. In his public speaking engagements and frequent appearances on Fox News, the purported former CIA operative spoke authoritatively about terrorism and clandestine intelligence operations, which he claimed he helped run for nearly three decades. “Nobody knew who I was,” Simmons said at one event. “Nobody was allowed to know who I was.” But according to federal prosecutors, his claims of a 27-year career with the CIA were lies, and it was only by repeating such falsehoods that Simmons was able to briefly get actual security clearances and real government contracting work in more recent years. On Thursday, federal authorities arrested Simmons and charged him with making false statements, major fraud against the United States and wire fraud. Read More |