Ashley Tellis, a senior American reviewer and South Asia policy counselor of Indian origin, has been underdeveloped in the US. According to reports, he is accused of possessing confidential documents and contacting Chinese government officials.
The magistrate heard that Tellis, 64, illegally possessed sensitive national defense information, including increasingly than 1,000 classified documents found at his home in Vienna, Virginia. Tellis is an eminent name in US-India relations and has served under several US administrations.
Background and professional experience
Tellis wrote to President George W. Worked in the National Security Council during Bush's tenure. According to the FBI affidavit, he has moreover been a consultant to the State Department and a contractor to the Pentagon's Office of Net Assessment. He is moreover a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a Washington-based think tank.
Born in Mumbai, Tellis received MA and PhD degrees in political science from St. Xavier's College and the University of Chicago. Over the years, he had wilt an important and respected voice in the US-India-China policy arena, whose writings were closely watched in Washington, New Delhi, and Beijing.
Security agencies found evidence
According to magistrate documents, Tellis accessed sensitive Defense and State Department files in September and October. CCTV footage showed him printing out confidential files related to the capabilities of US military watercraft and delivering them in a leather briefcase.
Search and seize documents
A search warrant executed on October 11 led to the recovery of classified papers from various locations in his home, including filing cabinets, desks, and woebegone garbage bags.
