Cablegate

English

Etymology

cable (“telegram”) +‎ -gate. First appeared on the official WikiLeaks Twitter account.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪbəlˌɡeɪt/

Proper noun

Cablegate

1. 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.
   • 2013, Andrew F. Cooper, Jorge Heine, Ramesh Thakur, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy, OUP Oxford, →ISBN, page 464:

     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.