Powers' conviction in the USSR was for espionage and?
Treason
Conspiracy
Sabotage
Sabotage
Answer
**Sabotage** was the additional charge leveled against Francis Gary Powers, an American pilot, during his trial in the Soviet Union in 1960. He had been shot down while flying a U-2 spy plane over Soviet airspace, and the espionage charges against him were widely known.
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