LONDON: The head of Britain's security agency GCHQ has apologised for its ban on homosexuals that led to the dismissal and subsequent suicide of one of its most brilliant code breakers, Alan Turing (pic), in the 1950s.
Robert Hannigan told a gay rights workplace conference in London that Turing had been an example to others because he was not afraid to think "differently and radically", according to a statement released by GCHQ.
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