Ashley Tellis, a prominent U.S. policy strategist and longtime adviser on South Asia, has been arrested for unlawfully hoarding classified documents and allegedly meeting with Chinese government officials.

Tellis, 64, was arrested over the weekend and charged with illegally retaining national defense information, including over 1,000 pages of top secret and secret files. The documents were discovered scattered across his Virginia home — inside locked cabinets, trash bags, and his basement office, according to court filings unsealed Monday. Advertisement

A respected voice on U.S.-India relations, Tellis served on the National Security Council under President George W. Bush and held advisory roles across multiple administrations. He is also listed as a Pentagon contractor and an unpaid St

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