Larry Pfeiffer
@larrypfeifferdc.bsky.social
Personal Account / Hayden Center Director / Led White House Situation Room / Fmr CIA Chief of Staff / Nat'l security & intelligence commentator / Speaker
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New #SpyTalk podcast with hosts @spytalker.bsky.social & @misikoff.bsky.social #MSWMedia 🕵🏼
Guest: @larrypfeifferdc.bsky.social
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October 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
New #SpyTalk podcast with hosts @spytalker.bsky.social & @misikoff.bsky.social #MSWMedia 🕵🏼
Guest: @larrypfeifferdc.bsky.social
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I had a great time chatting with my friends at SpyTalk podcast about the new natsec thriller A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE. Listen in ⬇️
New #SpyTalk podcast with hosts @spytalker.bsky.social & @misikoff.bsky.social #MSWMedia 🕵🏼
Guest: @larrypfeifferdc.bsky.social
Listen: spytalk.simplecast.com/episodes/how...
Guest: @larrypfeifferdc.bsky.social
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October 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I had a great time chatting with my friends at SpyTalk podcast about the new natsec thriller A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE. Listen in ⬇️
I participated in The Steady State's press call today discussing its new assessment of the decline of democracy in the United States, written by former US intelligence analysts using analytic tradecraft honed over decades of public service. ⬇️
Our director Larry Pfeiffer quoted in The Guardian:“These [analysts] … have seen these indicators develop in countries that shifted dramatically away from democracy towards authoritarianism. And we’re seeing those things happening in our country today.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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US ‘on a trajectory’ toward authoritarian rule, ex-officials warn
A network of former intelligence and security officers says democratic decline is accelerating under Trump’s rule
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I participated in The Steady State's press call today discussing its new assessment of the decline of democracy in the United States, written by former US intelligence analysts using analytic tradecraft honed over decades of public service. ⬇️
I had a great chat w/ @BBCNewshour's Paul Henley this evening. Starts at the 3:10-minute mark--why US Presidents don't normally confirm CIA covert operations.
LISTEN: www.bbc.com/audio/play/w...
LISTEN: www.bbc.com/audio/play/w...
BBC Audio | Newshour | Donald Trump has authorised covert CIA operations in Venezuela
This could allow the intelligence agency to carry out lethal operations in the country
www.bbc.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I had a great chat w/ @BBCNewshour's Paul Henley this evening. Starts at the 3:10-minute mark--why US Presidents don't normally confirm CIA covert operations.
LISTEN: www.bbc.com/audio/play/w...
LISTEN: www.bbc.com/audio/play/w...
More kind words from Rebecca Ferguson on prepping for her role as a senior duty officer in the White House Situation Room in A House of Dynamite.
READ: www.indiewire.com/features/int...
READ: www.indiewire.com/features/int...
October 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
More kind words from Rebecca Ferguson on prepping for her role as a senior duty officer in the White House Situation Room in A House of Dynamite.
READ: www.indiewire.com/features/int...
READ: www.indiewire.com/features/int...
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Our director Larry Pfeiffer gets a shout-out from Rebecca Ferguson--star of Dune, Mission Impossible, Silo, and now A House of Dynamite.
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Rebecca Ferguson: “They hooked me up with Larry Pfeiffer. He was the man. He’s basically the guy who Jason Clarke plays [in the film]. He’d been that guy, and he was on set every day.”
I'm blushing. Go see A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE--now (UK), Oct 10 (US & the world).
www.netflix.com/tudum/featur...
I'm blushing. Go see A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE--now (UK), Oct 10 (US & the world).
www.netflix.com/tudum/featur...
Rebecca Ferguson Embraces Truthfulness in A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE
In Kathryn Bigelow’s film, the actress is a force to be reckoned with.
www.netflix.com
October 4, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Our director Larry Pfeiffer gets a shout-out from Rebecca Ferguson--star of Dune, Mission Impossible, Silo, and now A House of Dynamite.
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Jason Clarke plays the Sr Director of the WH Situation Room: [These are] "just ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances having to carry out their jobs. Nobody is coming to save us. There is just us."
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October 4, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Jason Clarke plays the Sr Director of the WH Situation Room: [These are] "just ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances having to carry out their jobs. Nobody is coming to save us. There is just us."
www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...
www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...
Rebecca Ferguson: “They hooked me up with Larry Pfeiffer. He was the man. He’s basically the guy who Jason Clarke plays [in the film]. He’d been that guy, and he was on set every day.”
I'm blushing. Go see A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE--now (UK), Oct 10 (US & the world).
www.netflix.com/tudum/featur...
I'm blushing. Go see A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE--now (UK), Oct 10 (US & the world).
www.netflix.com/tudum/featur...
Rebecca Ferguson Embraces Truthfulness in A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE
In Kathryn Bigelow’s film, the actress is a force to be reckoned with.
www.netflix.com
October 4, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Rebecca Ferguson: “They hooked me up with Larry Pfeiffer. He was the man. He’s basically the guy who Jason Clarke plays [in the film]. He’d been that guy, and he was on set every day.”
I'm blushing. Go see A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE--now (UK), Oct 10 (US & the world).
www.netflix.com/tudum/featur...
I'm blushing. Go see A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE--now (UK), Oct 10 (US & the world).
www.netflix.com/tudum/featur...
RIP Joe Burns. I’ll never forget the late night spent in an after-hours pub in London that catered to the USN. Smooth seas!
www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/w...
www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/w...
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September 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
RIP Joe Burns. I’ll never forget the late night spent in an after-hours pub in London that catered to the USN. Smooth seas!
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www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/w...
BREAKING: Trump to rename the Interior Department the Department of the EXTERIOR. "I noticed that all the national parks were outside. No one had made that connection before," Trump said in making this announcement.
September 6, 2025 at 3:20 AM
BREAKING: Trump to rename the Interior Department the Department of the EXTERIOR. "I noticed that all the national parks were outside. No one had made that connection before," Trump said in making this announcement.
A Loomer-cide? Or a natural evolution?
A new Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) announced today. The incumbent VADM Whitworth will have served just over 3 years of what has normally been a 3- or more year term. His removal had been called for by Laura Loomer recently.
September 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A Loomer-cide? Or a natural evolution?
Can’t Trump just buy a monster truck with big tires and fog lamps to compensate for, well, you know?
Trump to rename the Defense Department the Department of War www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Trump to rename the Defense Department the Department of War www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
a monster truck is driving through a muddy field with a crowd in the background
ALT: a monster truck is driving through a muddy field with a crowd in the background
media.tenor.com
September 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Can’t Trump just buy a monster truck with big tires and fog lamps to compensate for, well, you know?
Trump to rename the Defense Department the Department of War www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Trump to rename the Defense Department the Department of War www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
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What's our director Larry Pfeiffer up to when he's not running the show here? He's helping Oscar-winning directors make movies.
A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE hits theaters on Oct 3 in the UK and Oct 10 in the US and worldwide. Streaming on Netflix on Oct 24.
A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE hits theaters on Oct 3 in the UK and Oct 10 in the US and worldwide. Streaming on Netflix on Oct 24.
Congrats to Kathryn Bigelow, Noah Oppenheim, and Greg Shapiro for the successful launch of A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE today at the Venice Film Festival!
I'm proud to have played a part, serving as technical advisor on the film's White House action.
@netflix.com
deadline.com/2025/09/hous...
I'm proud to have played a part, serving as technical advisor on the film's White House action.
@netflix.com
deadline.com/2025/09/hous...
‘A House Of Dynamite’: What The Critics Are Saying About Kathryn Bigelow’s Nuclear Thriller
Netflix and Kathryn Bigelow's nuclear thriller is going down a storm at the Venice Film Festival.
deadline.com
September 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
What's our director Larry Pfeiffer up to when he's not running the show here? He's helping Oscar-winning directors make movies.
A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE hits theaters on Oct 3 in the UK and Oct 10 in the US and worldwide. Streaming on Netflix on Oct 24.
A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE hits theaters on Oct 3 in the UK and Oct 10 in the US and worldwide. Streaming on Netflix on Oct 24.
Congrats to Kathryn Bigelow, Noah Oppenheim, and Greg Shapiro for the successful launch of A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE today at the Venice Film Festival!
I'm proud to have played a part, serving as technical advisor on the film's White House action.
@netflix.com
deadline.com/2025/09/hous...
I'm proud to have played a part, serving as technical advisor on the film's White House action.
@netflix.com
deadline.com/2025/09/hous...
‘A House Of Dynamite’: What The Critics Are Saying About Kathryn Bigelow’s Nuclear Thriller
Netflix and Kathryn Bigelow's nuclear thriller is going down a storm at the Venice Film Festival.
deadline.com
September 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Congrats to Kathryn Bigelow, Noah Oppenheim, and Greg Shapiro for the successful launch of A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE today at the Venice Film Festival!
I'm proud to have played a part, serving as technical advisor on the film's White House action.
@netflix.com
deadline.com/2025/09/hous...
I'm proud to have played a part, serving as technical advisor on the film's White House action.
@netflix.com
deadline.com/2025/09/hous...
Possibly a talented young man, rich in counterterrorism experience, Francesco will be the least experienced Deputy Director of NSA ever. Predecessors have had decades of NSA experience complementing the more itinerant nature of the military Director. /1
August 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Possibly a talented young man, rich in counterterrorism experience, Francesco will be the least experienced Deputy Director of NSA ever. Predecessors have had decades of NSA experience complementing the more itinerant nature of the military Director. /1
Former CIA Director Bill Burns says it so well. Take time to read this.
“…under the guise of reform, you all got caught in the crossfire of a retribution campaign—of a war on public service and expertise.”
GIFT: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
“…under the guise of reform, you all got caught in the crossfire of a retribution campaign—of a war on public service and expertise.”
GIFT: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
August 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Former CIA Director Bill Burns says it so well. Take time to read this.
“…under the guise of reform, you all got caught in the crossfire of a retribution campaign—of a war on public service and expertise.”
GIFT: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
“…under the guise of reform, you all got caught in the crossfire of a retribution campaign—of a war on public service and expertise.”
GIFT: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Our Director Larry Pfeiffer: “When our intelligence community leaders conduct end-runs around procedures established to protect sources and methods, they put at grave risk foreign sources risking life and limb to give us information vital to our security.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Tulsi Gabbard declassified documents over CIA objections, sources say
Some former intelligence officers said they were alarmed at the detail revealed in the declassified document about Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election.
www.nbcnews.com
August 7, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Our Director Larry Pfeiffer: “When our intelligence community leaders conduct end-runs around procedures established to protect sources and methods, they put at grave risk foreign sources risking life and limb to give us information vital to our security.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard have nothing.
Check out the full episode where they get into DNI's reckless declassifications, the politically motivated firing of April Doss from her job as general counsel for the NSA, and more.
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@larrypfeifferdc.bsky.social
Check out the full episode where they get into DNI's reckless declassifications, the politically motivated firing of April Doss from her job as general counsel for the NSA, and more.
spytalk.simplecast.com/episodes/int...
@larrypfeifferdc.bsky.social
August 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard have nothing.
Check out the full episode where they get into DNI's reckless declassifications, the politically motivated firing of April Doss from her job as general counsel for the NSA, and more.
spytalk.simplecast.com/episodes/int...
@larrypfeifferdc.bsky.social
Check out the full episode where they get into DNI's reckless declassifications, the politically motivated firing of April Doss from her job as general counsel for the NSA, and more.
spytalk.simplecast.com/episodes/int...
@larrypfeifferdc.bsky.social
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Gabbard Release Threatens Sources and Methods, Top former Intel Official Says
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Gabbard Release Threatens Sources and Methods, Top former Intel Official Says
Larry Pfeiffer discussed the ODNI’s attacks on the IC’s Russia 2016 elections report on the SpyTalk podcast
www.spytalk.co
August 1, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Gabbard Release Threatens Sources and Methods, Top former Intel Official Says
www.spytalk.co/p/gabbard-re...
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Our Director Larry Pfeiffer: “Sources and methods could be easily inferred in almost every instance. … I don’t know if I’ve seen a document of that sensitivity so lightly redacted.”
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Gabbard overrode CIA officials’ concerns in push to release classified Russia report
CIA officials worried the release of the House Intelligence Committee report on 2016 Russian election interference could reveal top-secret spying techniques and sources. Tulsi Gabbard overrode their c...
www.washingtonpost.com
August 7, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Our Director Larry Pfeiffer: “Sources and methods could be easily inferred in almost every instance. … I don’t know if I’ve seen a document of that sensitivity so lightly redacted.”
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
NSA General Counsel is not a political appointment, but a career position, owing largely to the complicated legal territory involved in its operations, particularly re protecting US civil liberties.
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/u...
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/u...
Top Lawyer for National Security Agency Is Fired
www.nytimes.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
NSA General Counsel is not a political appointment, but a career position, owing largely to the complicated legal territory involved in its operations, particularly re protecting US civil liberties.
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/u...
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/u...
From my colleague at The Steady State, Steven Cash: “The CIA’s very existence depends on a functioning constitutional system. Without that, there will be no apolitical CIA to defend.”
www.thecipherbrief.com/twcias-reput...
www.thecipherbrief.com/twcias-reput...
Two Existential Threats: CIA’s Reputation vs. Democracy’s Survival
Former CIA senior officer Mark Kelton warns of an "existential challenge" facing the CIA - a crisis of public trust in a hyper-partisan America. But as democracy itself is under threat, where should l...
www.thecipherbrief.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
From my colleague at The Steady State, Steven Cash: “The CIA’s very existence depends on a functioning constitutional system. Without that, there will be no apolitical CIA to defend.”
www.thecipherbrief.com/twcias-reput...
www.thecipherbrief.com/twcias-reput...
It was too easy!
Our Director Larry Pfeiffer helps Politifact assess Trump’s statements today as “Pants on Fire!!!”
www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...
www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...
Trump’s falsehood that Obama tried to lead a ‘coup’
President Donald Trump said intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard “caught” former President Barack Obama and that he tried to lead a “coup.” That’s a distortion of records showing how Obama sought an asses...
www.politifact.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:08 AM
It was too easy!
Just once, I’d love to see Gabbard or Ratcliffe take their nonsense in front of anyone other than a Fox or Newsmax journalist.
July 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Just once, I’d love to see Gabbard or Ratcliffe take their nonsense in front of anyone other than a Fox or Newsmax journalist.
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Hey @washingtonpost.com editorial board: A quick search of your files would uncover 100s of articles where we’ve been quoted by your national security reporters since then. Shredded credibility? 🤣🤣🤣
July 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Hey @washingtonpost.com editorial board: A quick search of your files would uncover 100s of articles where we’ve been quoted by your national security reporters since then. Shredded credibility? 🤣🤣🤣