Peter Wright
Peter Maurice Wright (9 August 1916 – 27 April 1995) was an English scientist and former MI5 counterintelligence officer, noted for writing the controversial book Spycatcher, which became an international bestseller with sales of over two million copies. Spycatcher was part memoir, part exposé of what Wright claimed were serious institutional failings in MI5 and his subsequent investigations into those. He is said to have been influenced in his counterespionage activity by James Jesus Angleton, the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) counterintelligence chief from 1954 to 1975.
Read more about Peter Wright: Father's Footsteps, Intelligence Career Highlights, Claims About Roger Hollis, The Wilson Plot Et Al, Later Life and Legacy
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