Cablegateとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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

発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈkeɪbəlˌɡeɪt/

固有名詞

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.