Just wrapped up a great discussion with my friends from @spytalkpodcast.bsky.social. Follow them to catch this podcast when it is published to hear us dissect recent activities in the US Intelligence Community.
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I had a great conversation with GMU President Gregory Washington about @netflix.com's blockbuster film, A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE, on his ACCESS TO EXCELLENCE podcast. He loved the movie and I loved serving as a consultant to the production.
LISTEN HERE: www.gmu.edu/news/2026-01...
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 ⬇️
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...
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.
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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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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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"[Rebecca Ferguson] cites one of Pfeiffer’s cardinal rules: “ ‘You never lose your shit in the Situation Room.’ If you need a break, you leave; you walk out, because you have to maintain calm in every situation."
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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).
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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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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?
Nice
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...
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.
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.
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It can happen but is rare. The irony is that in many cases the raw collection is automatically shared with, or has been collected by one of, the Five Eye partners.
NSA is historically a very hierarchical organization that rewards experience and time served. There could be many in the ranks who will bristle at his return at the top of the agency. /END
Francescon’s rapid rise is more likely because of his White House and Pentagon association with Chris Miller and Kash Patel in Trump 1.0. /3
This experience has been even more critical during the modern era where the Director is dual-hatted as Commander Cyber Command. /2
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...
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.”
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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
Gabbard Release Threatens Sources and Methods, Top former Intel Official Says
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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.”
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