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American intelligence officer (1938–2005)

Gust Avrakotos
Born	(1938-01-14)January 14, 1938 Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	December 1, 2005(2005-12-01) (aged 67) Inova Fairfax Hospital, Fairfax, Virginia, U.S.
Resting place	St. Catherine's Greek Orthodox Church, Falls Church, Virginia, U.S.
Education
Occupation(s)	Case officer, Task Force Chief
Employer	Central Intelligence Agency
Awards	Intelligence Medal of Merit (1988)

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

The arms were secretly obtained and distributed with the help of an out-of-favor CIA operative, Gust Avrakotos, who handpicked a staff of CIA.

The arms were secretly obtained and distributed with the help of an out-of-favor CIA operative, Gust Avrakotos, who handpicked a staff of CIA.

Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History.

The next year, CIA officer Gust Avrakotos directly approached Wilson—breaking the CIA's policy against lobbying Congress for money—asking Wilson for $50 million.

Texan Congressman Charlie Wilson has carved himself out a comfortable niche in the United States government, meddling profitably in a few subcommittee.

In this complicated scheme, he's aided by maverick CIA operative Gust Avrakotos (Philip Seymour Hoffman) who sets him up with shady agents in.

Avrakotos joined the CIA in August 1962 and was posted to Greece in 1963. Following the 1967 Greek coup d'état and the establishment of a far-rightmilitary junta, Avrakotos became the main liaison point for the CIA and Greek government.

He worked closely with the regime until 1978, when he returned to a U.S. posting. He worked on