-
Charlie Wilson's War,
released in 2007, in
which Avrakotos is portra**** by
Philip Seymour Hoffman. Gust
Avrakotos was born on
January 14, 1938, in Aliquippa...
- 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...
- 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 performance...
- 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...
-
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 master"...
-
second Academy Award nomination,
again for
playing a real individual—Gust
Avrakotos, the CIA
agent who
conspired with
Congressman Charlie Wilson (pla**** by...
- 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...
-
appropriations committees, and his
close relations with CIA
officer Gust
Avrakotos,
allowed him to
steer billions of
dollars to the
Mujahideen through the...
- Herring, and the
civilian intelligence officers Michael Pillsbury and Gust
Avrakotos, and
senior US
military officials General John
William Vessey, and General...
- (NATO) in 1952. This
included notable CIA
officers Gust
Avrakotos and
Clair George.
Avrakotos maintained a
close relationship with the
colonels who would...
