Peter Wright
Peter Wright
Peter Maurice Wrightwas the principal scientific officer for MI5, the British counter-intelligence agency, 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 Agencycounterintelligence chief from 1954 to 1975...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth9 August 1916
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