Gust Avrakotos, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gust Avrakotos

CIA analyst

Date of Birth: 14-Jan-1938

Place of Birth: Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 01-Dec-2005

Profession: intelligence analyst

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Gustav Lascaris Avrakotos (January 14, 1938 – December 1, 2005) was an American case officer and Afghan Task Force Chief for the United States Central Intelligence Agency. Avrakotos was little known to the public until the book Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History, by George Crile, was published in 2003.
The book, which portrays U.S.
involvement in the Soviet–Afghan War as a partnership between Avrakotos and Texas Congressman Charles Wilson, was the basis of the film Charlie Wilson's War, released in 2007, in which Avrakotos is portrayed by Philip Seymour Hoffman.