Wright alleged that there was a plan to leak damaging information about Wilson and that this had been approved by "up to thirty officers". As the 1974 election approached, the plan went, MI5 would leak selective details of the intelligence about Labour leaders, especially Wilson, to "sympathetic" journalists.
Wright claimed that there was a plot to release damaging information about Wilson, which had been authorized by "up to thirty officers". As the 1974 election neared, MI5 planned to leak selective details of intelligence regarding Labour leaders, particularly Wilson, to "sympathetic" journalists.