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Bravery Of American CIA Agent In Captivity
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If a soldier was captured by the enemy and tortured to give valuable information, would he ever get in trouble if he was rescued?
Francis Gary Powers was working for the CIA (USA) and flying spy missions over the Soviet Union in a U-2 spyplane.
He was instructed to kill himself to avoid capture should he ever suffer a malfunction or be shot down over Soviet airspace.
Here’s how he conducted himself during captivity:
Powers tried to limit the information he shared with the KGB to that which could be determined from the remains of his plane's wreckage. He was hampered by information appearing in the western press. A KGB major stated "there's no reason for you to withhold information. We'll find it out anyway. Your press will give it to us." However, he limited his divulging of CIA contacts to one individual, with a pseudonym of "Collins". At the same time, he repeatedly stated the maximum altitude for the U-2 was 68,000 feet (21 km), significantly lower than its actual flight ceiling. [3]:xii,78,91,128,135,137,139,145,165–166,256
Despite being shot down he was not in the clear when he was transferred back home:
In 2010, CIA documents were released indicating that American officials did not believe Powers' account of the incident at the time, because it was contradicted by a classified National Security Agency (NSA) report which alleged that the U-2 had descended from 65,000 to 34,000 feet (20 to 10 km) before changing course and disappearing from radar. However, newly released declassified CIA documents confirm the accuracy of Powers' report.
The NSA report remains classified.[15]
Powers initially received a cold reception on his return home. He was criticized for having failed to activate his aircraft's self-destruct charge to destroy the camera, photographic film, and related classified parts of his aircraft before his capture. He was also criticized for not using an optional CIA-issued "suicide pill" (later revealed, during CIA testimony to the Church Committee in 1975 to be a coin with shellfish toxin embedded in its grooves) to kill himself. [16]
After being debriefed extensively by the CIA, [17] Lockheed, and the Air Force, a statement was issued stating, "Mr. Powers lived up to the terms of his employment and instructions in connection with his mission and in his obligations as an American." On 6 March 1962, Powers appeared before a Senate Armed Services Select Committee hearing chaired by Senator Richard Russell and including Senators Prescott BushLeverett SaltonstallRobert ByrdMargaret Chase SmithJohn StennisStrom Thurmond, and Barry Goldwater, Sr. During the hearing, Senator Saltonstall stated, "I commend you as a courageous, fine young American citizen who lived up to your instructions and who did the best you could under very difficult circumstances." While Senator Bush declared, "I am satisfied he has conducted himself in exemplary fashion and in accordance with the highest traditions of service to one's country, and I congratulate him upon his conduct in captivity..." Finally, Senator Goldwater sent Powers a handwritten note stating, "You did a good job for your country."[3] :264,270–280
As it appears, he did lose sensitive material to Soviets but it appears circumstances were such that he could not help it.
He was criticized and attacked at home for not killing himself.
He wasn’t tortured although he was subjected to sleep deprivation, death threats and other tactics to persuade him to reveal sensitive information.
Had he been subjected to over a year of torture I don’t think any sensible person would have used any revelations by him against him, even if it had been a shorter duration of torture.
Torture is torture. I’d like to think we cannot judge other people for how they manage under torture or how they might fail to take their own lives instead of being captured.
That said some people will attack prisoners that are returning.
The Soviet Union was infamous for its policy on its soldiers that had been captured. Merely having been captured could mean a death sentence if you were eventually rescued or transferred back to the Soviet Union. Sometimes it didn’t matter whether you had disclosed any information at all. They would simply say things like “Soviet soldiers don’t surrender” and consider you a security threat.
“A Soviet soldier must not be taken prisoner against his will. And if he has been, he is a traitor to the Motherland”
According to some sources many of them were monitored long after war, kept on special registers and having to report in regularly while being generally despised as “fascists” and “traitors”.
So, how you’re treated depends heavily on where you’re from.
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Man Mauled To Death By Tiger In Indian Zoo
~2.1 mins read
horrific moment a man is dragged off and mauled to death by a tiger after climbing into a zoo enclosure as onlookers pelt beast with stones

The shocking footage shows the man being cornered by the tiger while terrified onlookers pelt the hungry beast with stones in a desperate bid to distract it.

According to the staff at the Delhi Zoo the man, identified as 20-year-old Maqsood, had climbed into the enclosure.

However, eyewitnesses claimed he had slipped.

The beast appears to be playing with its prey for some time before it attacked, witnesses said.

The tiger, named Vijay, can be seen locking its jaws around the victim's neck and dragging him around as police rushed to the scene.

Onlookers criticised the zoo's handling of the incident, claiming that the staff had failed to go to the man's aid quickly enough and did not put the big cat down with a tranquilliser gun.

Eyewitness Prakash Kumar said: “There were no guards near the enclosure at the time. The man seemed to have jumped into the enclosure. I don’t know what was he trying to do.

Everyone started shouting for help. But only one zoo guard came. We started throwing stones and whatever we could find at the tiger. But in a matter of second he had dragged the man to the corner of the enclosures".

The victim's body was retrieved nearly two hours later when staff were able to push the animal away.

Zoo officials insisted they did their best to save the man and denied allegations of dereliction of duty by the guards.

Spokesman Riyaz Ahmed Khan said Maqsood had been warned not to get too close to the fencing.

He said: "Despite repeated warnings that he shouldn’t get too close to the outdoor enclosure, the youth eventually climbed over a knee high fence, through some small hedges, then jumped down 18 feet into a protective moat."

Amitabh Agnihotri, the director of Delhi Zoo, said the staff unsuccessfully tried to divert the tiger’s attention as he attacked the man.

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