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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

Asio cleared of unlawfully luring Daniel Duggan back to Australia, agency chief Mike Burgess says

Asio boss Mike Burgess says the agency has been cleared of allegations it illegally lured Daniel Duggan back to Australia.
Asio boss Mike Burgess says the agency has been cleared of allegations it illegally lured Daniel Duggan back to Australia. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

The spy agency Asio says it has been cleared by the intelligence watchdog of allegations of impropriety raised by the Australian citizen Daniel Duggan as he fights extradition to the US.

Duggan, a former US marines pilot accused of training Chinese pilots to land fighter jets on aircraft carriers, had complained to the inspector general of intelligence and security (IGIS) about Asio’s role in securing his return to Australia from China.

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