Gust Lascaris Avrakotos (January 14, 1938 – December 1, 2005) was an American case officer and the Afghanistan Task Force Chief at the Central Intelligence...
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Augusta, Gustave, August, Augustine, and Gussie and may refer to: Gust Avrakotos (1938–2005), CIA case officer known for the arming of Afghanistan's...
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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...
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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...
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played by actor Christopher Denham. Charlie Wilson (Texas politician) Gust Avrakotos Howard Hart "The Spy in General Dynamics' Corner Office". Fortune. Retrieved...
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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...
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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,...
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Afghan mujahideen, funneling them through Pakistan's ISI. CIA officer Gust Avrakotos later arranged for the Egyptian Ministry of Defence to set up production...
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Organization (NATO) in 1952. This included notable CIA officers Gust Avrakotos and Clair George. Avrakotos maintained a close relationship with the colonels who...
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Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role. Hoffman was Oscar-nominated for playing Gust Avrakotos in the Mike Nichols comedy-drama film Charlie Wilson's War (2007), a...
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to the efforts of Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson and CIA officer Gust Avrakotos. The Pakistan Navy were involved in the covert war coordinating foreign...
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also choose to attend an area public charter school.[citation needed] Gust Avrakotos, Central Intelligence Agency operative Jon Baldwin, National Football...
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second Academy Award nomination, again for playing a real individual—Gust Avrakotos, the CIA officer who worked with Congressman Charlie Wilson (played...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Herring, and the civilian intelligence officers Michael Pillsbury and Gust Avrakotos, and senior US military officials General John William Vessey, and General...
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Eli Sunday / Paul Sunday Philip Seymour Hoffman Charlie Wilson's War Gust Avrakotos Tommy Lee Jones No Country for Old Men Sheriff Ed Tom Bell Tom Wilkinson...
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1963) – American Basketball Association player with the Washington Caps Gust Avrakotos (class of 1955) – United States Central Intelligence Agency operative...
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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 –...
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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...
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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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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...
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Robert Ford Robert Ford Philip Seymour Hoffman Charlie Wilson's War Gust Avrakotos Hal Holbrook Into the Wild Ron Franz Tom Wilkinson Michael Clayton Arthur...
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Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Philip Seymour Hoffman Gust Avrakotos Charlie Wilson's War John Travolta Edna Turnblad Hairspray Tom Wilkinson...
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appropriations committees, and his close relations with CIA officer Gust Avrakotos, allowed him to steer billions of dollars to the Mujahideen through...
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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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Lippe-Biesterfeld (b. 1911) 2004 – Bill Brown, Scottish footballer (b. 1931) 2005 – Gust Avrakotos, American CIA officer (b. 1938) 2005 – Mary Hayley Bell, English actress...
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