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Peter Wright

Born

in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, The United Kingdom

August 09, 1916

Died

April 27, 1995

Genre

Memoir, Nonfiction

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Peter Maurice Wright was the 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

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Average rating: 3.73 · 3,446 ratings · 310 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Spy Catcher: The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer 3.73 avg rating — 3,445 ratings — published 1987 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Spycatcher's Encyclopedia of Espionage 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“[The FBI offices]: Antiseptic white tiles shone everywhere. Workmen were always busy, constantly repainting, cleaning, and polishing. The obsession with hygiene reeked of an unclean mind.”
― Peter Wright, Spy Catcher: The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer

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“For five years we bugged and burgled our way across London at the State's behest, while pompous bowler-hatted civil servants in Whitehall pretended to look the other way.”
― Peter Wright, Spy Catcher: The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer

tags: espionage

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“If you read somebody's ciphers, they didn't intend you to read them; and therefore you can believe it...”
― Peter Wright

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