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The alleged leaker of classified US intelligence documents faces his day in court

as the fallout of his disclosures begins to come into focus.

I think there is a fear could hurt relationship with allies and partners and reveal sources and methods.

Plus a maker-break day for pension protesters in France and investors struggle to gauge which way the inflation wins are blowing.

It's Friday April 14th. I'm Luke Vargas with Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of What's News,

the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

The US Airmen suspected of leaking classified information is due to appear in a Boston, Massachusetts court today.

Jack Tashara was arrested by the FBI at his Massachusetts home yesterday and is charged with the unauthorized removal and distribution of classified documents.

The 21-year-old works in the intelligence unit of the Massachusetts Air National Guard,

and according to his service record is a junior Air Force communication specialist.

Though as journal national security correspondent Nancy Yusuf explains,

Tashara's job title of cyber transport systems journeyman gives no obvious hint as to why he would have had access to the types of files that were leaked or his motivations.

I'm personally interested in whether one of the driving factors behind the decision by this suspect is that he felt that maybe information about the war was not getting out information,

he felt the public had a right to know.

And so because we've seen this in past cases, that leakers have been driven because they feel like the public has a right to know and they're not getting it.

And so I'm curious if that ends up being a case here because given that we've seen it in past instances.

As we wait to learn more about the motivations behind the leak, the US and its allies are wrestling with what this intelligence disclosure could mean for diplomatic relations.

It's a question that I put to Nancy as we take a closer look at the potential fallout.

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