Books with title Spycatcher: The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer

The British government's efforts to block publication of Peter Wright's Spycatcher: Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Agent climaxed in a sensational trial in Australia in 1986 that cast a shadow of disrepute on the British legal system, the Official Secrets Act and the government itself. The author of this engrossing, suspenseful account is the Australian attorney who represented Wright and his would-be Australian publisher. Excerpts from the trial testimony reveal that Turnbull uncovered mendacity, hypocrisy and cynicism at the highest levels of the British government, principally during his cross-examination of Sir Robert Armstrong, cabinet secretary and adviser on intelligence matters. In 1987 the High Court at Canberra dismissed the case and ordered the Thatcher government to reimburse legal costs to Wright and Heinemann Publishers Australia. Turnbull calls the Britishers' conduct in the affair "quite disgraceful" and adds that the experience "galvanized my determination to see Australia rid herself of its sic remaining constitutional links with England."

SPYCATCHER Peter Wright Candid Autobiography HCDJ Military Memoirs 1987 FORMAT: Hard cover with dust jacket AUTHOR: Peter Wright ILLUSTRATIONS: ISBN: 0-85561-098-0 Category: Non Fiction - Military/War Format: Hard cover Publication Date: 1987 Size: 16cm x 24cm Publisher: William Heineman Country of origin: Great Britain Pages: 392 Weight: 770g Description: Spycatcher - Peter Wright The Candid Autobiography Of A Senior Intelligence Officer Peter Wright was the Former Assistant Director of MI5 who wrote a tell all and in doing so incurred the wrath of the British Government. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher promised to prosecute Peter Wright if he ever landed on British soil again.