Who is Ashley Tellis: Ashley J Tellis, an Indian-origin foreign policy expert who helped negotiate the India-US nuclear deal, was arrested this weekend and charged with illegally storing sensitive government records, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) announced on Tuesday (October 14).

Federal agents found more than 1,000 pages of top secret documents at the basement of his home in Vienna, Virginia, the DoJ said. According to court filings, surveillance footage shows Tellis leaving several federal buildings, including a State Department office, carrying a briefcase that investigators believe contained the printed materials.

“The charges as alleged in this case represent a grave risk to the safety and security of our citizens,” Lindsey Halligan, the US attorney for the Eastern Distric

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