Powers was vilified in the American press. It was claimed he had agreed to commit suicide instead of being captured (he didn't, the subject wasn't raised), and that he told the Soviets all the specifications of the U-2 (he didn't)
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He even managed to be deceptive about the altitude. I was surprised to read that the Soviet radar could not give an accurate reading of how high he was.
Kruschev was having problems with his Politburo and he was forced to respond forcefully. He was being criticized the way Obama is for not going in and getting that RQ-170 back. When Eisenhower refused to apologize, Kruschev was forced to sabotage a 4-power conference.
He was interrogated at length but not tortured. Actually he was treated rather well, considering.
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