Peter Wright in 1963 following what Wright refers to as a tip-off by "a fifth man, still inside", he became convinced that the KGB had penetrated the higher reaches of MI5. As claimed in "Spycatcher", Wright had come to believe that Roger Hollis was the highest traitor in MI5. Wright went so far as to begin to make, as he himself put it, "his own 'freelance' inquiries into Hollis' background" shortly before the latter's retirement. According to Wright, his initial, unspecified, suspicion was aroused by his analysis of how a Soviet 'illegal' Lonsdale's arrest in January 1961 was handled by the KGB
Peter Wright (journalist) Peter Wright (journalist) Peter Wright (born 13 Aug 1953) is a British newspaper editor. Wright attended Clare College, Cambridge, then took a graduate trainee position with Thomson Regional Newspapers, working as a reporter on the "Hemel Hempstead Evening Post-Echo". In 1979, he moved to the "Daily Mail", working on various desks before becoming Femail Editor, then Features Editor and Deputy Editor. In 1998, he became editor of the "Mail on Sunday". While at the "Mail on Sunday", Wright initiated the giveaway of promotional CDs and DVDs, including the global first release of Prince's "Planet Earth" album. He also served on