 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Simmons akataura kuti akanga anyoresa muNavy muna 1973, akagamuchira kuregererwa kwezvokurapa, uye ipapo akadzidziswa muAlaska uye akashanda neCIA kwemakore 27, achinyanya kuita basa rokuparadza sangano, uye akarega basa muna 2000. Mushure mekunge aunganidzwa kuFox muna 2001 uye achiita chitarisiko chake chekutanga pa Geraldo Rivera Show, aive muenzi paFox News muna 2002, uye muna 2004 akange ave muenzi wenguva dzose mutsananguri uye akaunganidzwa muchirongwa chePentagon chevaongorori vemauto mukutsigira kupindira kweAmerica muIraq; aivepo apo Mutungamiri Bush akasaina Mutemo weMauto maKomisheni muna 2006. Mushure mekunge chirongwa ichi chakaziviswa sechisimudziro ne New York Times muna 2009 uye chakapera, akaramba achitaura nezvekutora kwake chikamu mairi, uye muna 2012 akabatanidzwa mukunyora The Natanz Directive, inoverengeka yaakataura kuti yaive autobiographical, pamusoro pemushandi weCIA akasiya basa akadanwa kuzoshanda. Muna 2012, kunyange zvazvo hurumende yakanga yatoziva nezvokunyepa kwake, akava nhengo yeCitizens Commission on Benghazi. Akataura nezvaMutungamiri Obama se mambo mukomana uye Nancy Pelosi se murevi wenhema, uye muna February 2015 akataura kuti paiva nezvikamu zvechiuto zvechiMuslim zvinenge 19 muUnited States. Haana kubhadharwa neFox; mumakore ake semutauriri wenhau, akatanga Simmons Air, ndege yekufamba nendege, uye mushure mekukundikana kwayo akashanda muna 2008 kukambani yemauto BAE Systems asi akaita zvisina kugutsikana panguva yekudzidziswa semutungamiri weHuman Terrain System Team, akarambwa pachinzvimbo neTriple Canopy muna 2009 mushure mekutariswa kwemashure neDhipatimendi reHurumende kwakaratidza kuti akange asina ruzivo rweCIA rwaakataura, uye aifanira kudzoka muna 2010 kubva kunzvimbo yekontrakiti muAfghanistan mushure mekubviswa kwekuchengetedzwa kwake kwenguva pfupi. 