A well-known defence strategist, India-United States expert, and policy maker, Ashley J Tellis has been arrested and charged with illegally retaining classified national defence information, according to a federal court in Virginia.

He was arrested over the weekend and charged on Monday, the court documents seen on Tuesday showed, according to Reuters.

The affidavit said a search of Tellis' residence in Vienna, Virginia, on Saturday uncovered over a thousand pages of classified documents with top secret and secret markings.

The FBI affidavit accompanying the charge document said that in September and October this year Tellis entered Defense and State Department buildings and was observed accessing and printing classified documents, including about military aircraft capabilities, and lea

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