Peter Wright Peter Wright Peter Maurice Wright (9 August 191627 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" 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. Wright was educated at Bishop's Stortford College, a boarding independent school for
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