Ashley Tellis, a prominent Indian-American national security expert and long-time US adviser, has been accused of hoarding classified documents and repeatedly meeting Chinese officials, stirring concern over possible Beijing ties and jolting Washington's foreign policy circles.

Ashley Tellis, a US foreign policy expert, faces charges of unlawfully holding classified documents and meeting with Chinese officials, shocking Washington DC.

Ashley Tellis, an expert on South Asian affairs, was arrested after the F.B.I. said federal agents found hundreds of pages of sensitive government records at his home in Virginia.

Ashley Tellis, 64, served on the National Security Council under former President George W Bush, and is identified in an FBI court affidavit as an unpaid adviser to the State Department and a Pentagon contractor.

Ashley Tellis, a State Department employee and Department of War contractor, is accused of taking classified documents and meeting Chinese officials.