Indian-Origin US Defence Strategist Ashley Tellis Arrested Over Secret Documents | Read
Ashley J Tellis, a renowned foreign policy scholar and defence strategist of Indian origin, has been arrested and charged with unlawfully retaining classified national defence information, according to the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Tellis, 64, a senior fellow and Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, was taken into custody over the weekend following a federal investigation into his handling of restricted government material. Prosecutors allege that Tellis violated 18 USC § 793(e), which prohibits unauthorised possession or retention of defence-related documents.
