US EditionUS Adviser on India Accused of Taking Documents, Meeting Chinese Officials
Tellis allegedly stored over 1,000 pages of classified defense documents and held multiple meetings with Chinese officials, raising national security concerns, authorities said.
- On October 14, authorities announced Ashley Tellis, Mumbai-born analyst and adviser on US-India relations, was taken into custody over the weekend for allegedly keeping secret government documents and meeting Chinese government officials.
- Court records show Tellis accessed, printed, and removed classified material from Defense and State Department buildings in September and October this year, while investigators found over 1,000 pages stored at his Vienna, Virginia home.
- Surveillance footage shows Tellis leaving one facility with a leather briefcase after printing classified files, and court records say he met Chinese officials on September 15 in Fairfax with a manila envelope.
- The Justice Department said it will prosecute mishandling of classified information, and if convicted Tellis faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
- Tellis has long advised US administrations on South Asia; he is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and held roles at the National Security Council, Pentagon, and State Department.
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