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Jack Gramenz

Federal agent admits to 'error' in former US pilot case

A barrister for the federal police commissioner read a statement in court acknowledging an error. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Lawyers for a former fighter pilot facing extradition to the US say local courts are not a rubber stamp for overseas authorities, as they target an Australian federal agent's incorrect "assumption".

In an affidavit filed on Monday, the federal agent acknowledged their error when they alleged in an October filing that Daniel Edmund Duggan, 55, was the director of a company that he was not, saying they made an incorrect inference or assumption.

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