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Cablegate
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English
United States diplomatic cables leak
Etymology
en ine-pro *kap- seize
From en cable gate telegram telegram. First appeared on the official WikiLeaks Twitter account.
Pronunciation
en /ˈkeɪbəlˌɡeɪt/ US
Proper noun
The leak of a large number of US embassy and consulate documents to the public on November 28 2010 by the website WikiLeaks, and the scandal surrounding the diplomatic spying revealed in these documents.
en 2013 Andrew F. Cooper; Jorge Heine; Ramesh Thakur The Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy OUP Oxford 9780191652615 464 https://books.google.com/books?id=tV9oAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA464&dq=%22Cablegate%22&hl=&cd=17&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Cablegate%22&f=false Distilled to its essence, it is by no means clear that the ‘Cablegate’ disclosures were intended to support freedom of information, transparency, probity in government, or defence of the public interest.