Washington/New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- Ashley J. Tellis, a prominent Indian-American foreign policy and security expert, has been arrested and charged in the US with unlawfully retaining national defense information. An FBI affidavit alleges that Tellis illegally kept over 1,000 pages of classified documents and held undisclosed meetings with Chinese officials.
The India-bornTellis, who is a State Department employee, was placed on administrative leave after being accused of removing classified documents from secure locations and meeting with Chinese officials dating back to 2023.
The Justice Department announced on Tuesday that Ashley Tellis of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace was arrested over the weekend, Fox News reported.
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