Gust Lascaris Avrakotos (January 14, 1938 – December 1, 2005) was an American case officer and the Afghanistan Task Force Chief at the Central Intelligence...

Augusta, Gustave, August, Augustine, and Gussie and may refer to: Gust Avrakotos (1938–2005), CIA case officer known for the arming of Afghanistan's...

based on the story of U.S. Congressman Charlie Wilson and CIA operative Gust Avrakotos, whose efforts led to Operation Cyclone, a program to organize and support...

in the action spy film Mission: Impossible III (2006) and CIA agent Gust Avrakotos in the Mike Nichols-directed Charlie Wilson's War (2007). Hoffman's...

regional head director Gust Avrakotos to assist with the transportation of the funds and weapons to the Afghan rebels. Avrakotos was on the fringe within...

played by actor Christopher Denham. Charlie Wilson (Texas politician) Gust Avrakotos Howard Hart "The Spy in General Dynamics' Corner Office". Fortune. Retrieved...

second Academy Award nomination, again for playing a real individual—Gust Avrakotos, the CIA agent who conspired with Congressman Charlie Wilson (played...

to the efforts of Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson and CIA officer Gust Avrakotos. The Pakistan Navy were involved in the covert war coordinating foreign...

the largest covert action campaign of the Cold War. Devine replaced Gust Avrakotos, the chief of the South Asia Operations Group portrayed by actor Philip...

Afghan mujahideen, funneling them through Pakistan's ISI. CIA officer Gust Avrakotos later arranged for the Egyptian Ministry of Defence to set up production...

Organization (NATO) in 1952. This included notable CIA officers Gust Avrakotos and Clair George. Avrakotos maintained a close relationship with the colonels who...

also choose to attend an area public charter school.[citation needed] Gust Avrakotos, Central Intelligence Agency operative Jon Baldwin, National Football...

to shoot down Mil Mi-24 Hind helicopters. The next year, CIA officer Gust Avrakotos directly approached Wilson—breaking the CIA's policy against lobbying...

1963) – American Basketball Association player with the Washington Caps Gust Avrakotos (class of 1955) – United States Central Intelligence Agency operative...

George Crile stated in Charlie Wilson's War that, "Ironically, neither [Gust] Avrakotos nor [Charlie] Wilson was directly involved in the decision and claims...

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Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, near the end of the film. CIA agent Gust Avrakotos shares the story as a cautionary tale, while ascribing it to a "Zen...

Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Philip Seymour Hoffman Gust Avrakotos Charlie Wilson's War Hal Holbrook Ron Franz Into the Wild Tom Wilkinson...

Herring, and the civilian intelligence officers Michael Pillsbury and Gust Avrakotos, and senior US military officials General John William Vessey, and General...

Charlie Wilson; Michael G. Vickers, a young CIA paramilitary officer; and Gust Avrakotos, the CIA's regional head, who developed a close relationship with Wilson...

Crile III's book Charlie Wilson's War. Wilson teamed with CIA manager Gust Avrakotos and formed a team of a few dozen insiders who greatly enhanced the support...

Papadopoulos seized power in April 1967, Andreas was incarcerated. Soon after, Gust Avrakotos, a Greek-American CIA case officer assigned to Athens, told the Colonels...

Ford as Robert Ford Philip Seymour Hoffman – Charlie Wilson's War as Gust Avrakotos Hal Holbrook – Into the Wild as Ron Franz Tom Wilkinson – Michael Clayton...

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County. † county seat Sam Adams – early explorer of the American west Gust Avrakotos – CIA operative active in Operation Cyclone Julian Michael Carver –...

appropriations committees, and his close relations with CIA officer Gust Avrakotos, allowed him to steer billions of dollars to the Mujahideen through...

the last scenes of Charlie Wilson's War, when discussing matters with Gust Avrakotos in a reference to his hometown of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. In 1752,...

meritorious service or for achievement conspicuously above normal duties. Gust Avrakotos I. Nathan Briggs George W. Cave John Chambers (1923–2001) Hollywood...

Management), Former Minister of Rural Development, Government of India. Gust Avrakotos (attended for two years), Directorate of Operations, Central Intelligence...

Turner is mentioned in the film Charlie Wilson's War by the character Gust Avrakotos as played by Philip Seymour Hoffman. Turner is played by Philip Baker...