Indonesian authorities trying to trace two commercial pilots believed to support Islamic State say Australian Federal Police intelligence on the men wasn't shared with them.
An AFP intelligence report published on website The Intercept on Thursday revealed Tommy Hendratno and Ridwan Agustin were expressing support for Islamic State on Facebook and posed a security risk.
The intelligence report was compiled in March, but Indonesia's Coordinating Ministry for Politics, Law and Security says they only learned of the men through Thursday's media reports.
Spokesman Agus Barnas says Jakarta is seeking the AFP report.
"We just found this out now, well, just yesterday," he told AAP on Friday.
As there had been no tip, the men had not been monitored, he said.
"While we've always known the risk of pilots with extreme views, we didn't imagine something like this," he said.
Australia and Indonesia signed a code of conduct on intelligence in August last year to mend damage from 2013 leaks revealing Australian spies targeted the phones of then President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, his wife and confidants.
It was also intended to enhance future intelligence sharing.
At the time of the March report, Agustin was active on Facebook as Hobi Panahan, and listed his current city as Raqqa, Syria.
Hendratno, who lives in Bogor, near Jakarta, reportedly worked as a pilot for VIP airline Premiair until June.
He responded to the leaked report by saying he was only worried about his fellow Muslims and his family.
"I'm only worried about the impact from the news," he told Metro TV.
"First is criminalising the Muslim image in Indonesia, that's the first thing. The second is about my family."
Indonesian National Police Chief General Badrodin Haiti said if the men had shown sympathy for IS on Facebook they hadn't necessarily joined IS.
"They have sympathy for the ISIS struggle, that's what there is," he told reporters.
"From there, the AFP considered them ISIS."
Police were working to find out if they were, or had been, in the Middle East, he said.
The AFP says it doesn't comment on intelligence matters.
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