Former US pilot Duggan arrested in Australia allegedly worked with Chinese hacker: lawyer


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A former United States Marine pilot fighting extradition from Australia on US charges of training Chinese military pilots to land on aircraft carriers unknowingly worked with a Chinese hacker, his lawyer says. Daniel Duggan, 55, a naturalised Australian citizen, feared requests by Western intelligence agencies for sensitive information were putting his family at risk, the lawyer said in a legal filing seen by Reuters. The lawyer’s filing supports Reuters reports linking Duggan to convicted Chinese defence hacker Su Bin. Duggan denies the allegations that he broke US arms control laws. TheNightly Get in front of tomorrow's news for FREE Journalism...