For years, Wayne Simmons has been a fixture on Fox News shows. He promoted himself as an ex-CIA agent, and Fox touted him as a terrorism expert. Simmons is none of those things; he’s an ex-felon who lied about working for the CIA, and was indicted today for obtaining government contracts and security clearances by deception (technically, the charges are fraud, wire fraud, and making a false statement). Doesn’t Fox do background checks, or check references? Apparently not. Meanwhile, they’re going, “Wayne who? We don’t know him.” Read the story here.