Gordon Brown says sorry for treatment of "war hero"
By silicon.com
Published: 14 September 2009 16:16 GMT
Alan Turing, the mathematician and cryptographer whose work played an essential role in the efforts of codebreaking-centre Bletchley Park during WWII, received a posthumous apology from Prime Minister Gordon Brown last week for Turing's conviction under anti-gay laws, and subsequent suicide, in 1954.
An online petition containing more than 30,000 signatures, resulted in the apology on behalf of the British government.
ZDNet UK has more on the Alan Turing apology here.
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