U.S. Advisor on India Accused of Taking Documents, Meeting Chinese

Scholar Ashley Tellis, seen here at a 2007 engagement, has been charged with retaining classified information he kept while advising or working for the U.S. government, and meeting with Chinese officials. AFP PHOTO/SAUL LOEB (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

A well-known U.S. scholar on India who advised the U.S. government was charged with retaining classified information and allegedly met Chinese officials, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Ashley Tellis, 64, who has worked in or advised the U.S. government for more than two decades, was found to have kept more than 1,000 pages of top-secret or secret documents in his home, a criminal affidavit said.

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