Peter Maurice Wright CBE [1] (9 August 1916 – 26 April 1995) was a principal scientific officer for MI5, the British counter-intelligence agency. His book Spycatcher, written with Paul Greengrass, became an international bestseller with sales of over two million copies.

Spycatcher: The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer (1987) is a memoir written by Peter Wright, former MI5 officer and Assistant Director, and co-author Paul Greengrass. Wright drew on his experiences and research into the history of the British intelligence community.

Apr 28, 1995 · Former British intelligence officer Peter Wright, whose best-selling autobiography "Spycatcher" accused security services of plotting to topple a former British government, died Thursday.

Employing his characteristic dry wit, he conducts a forensic analysis of the circumstances surrounding the UK Government’s failed attempts to silence the memoirs of ex-MI5 officer and mole-hunter Peter Wright.

Jul 31, 1987 · Spycatcher: The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer is a memoir written by Peter Wright, former MI5 officer and Assistant Director, and co-author Paul Greengrass. Wright drew on his own experiences and research into …

Peter Maurice Wright (9 August 1916 - 27 April 1995) was a British scientist and former MI5 counterintelligence officer. After his retirement from MI5 in 1976, he wrote his memoirs and, in 1985, released the controversial book Spycatcher which was banned from publication in the UK.

Apr 27, 1995 · Recruited to MI5 in 1954 with the approval of Sir Dick White, MI5's director general, Wright was hailed as the service's first scientist in an era where MI5 was staffed by relics of the...

Mar 13, 1987 · In 1965, when Peter Wright first began to believe that his boss at MI5, Sir Roger Hollis, was a Russian spy, he was threatening to cause an alarming upheaval in the Security Service, but one which was unlikely to have any public impact.

Apr 27, 1995 · Former British intelligence officer Peter Wright, whose best-selling autobiography "Spy-catcher" accused security services of plotting to topple a former British government, died Thursday. He was 78. Wright died at his home in Tasmania of pneumonia, said a spokesman for lawyer Malcolm Turnbull.

Jan 2, 2024 · Peter Wright CBE, formerly of MI5, defeated Margaret Thatcher in a volcanic legal battle in Australia in the late 1980s. Thatcher tried – and failed – to injunct the publication of Wright’s book, Spycatcher, in Australia.