U.S. diplomatic cables leak

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The U.S. diplomatic cables leak was a massive 2010 disclosure by WikiLeaks of confidential U.S. State Department communications that exposed sensitive diplomatic assessments and sparked global controversy over government secrecy and transparency.

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instanceOf document leak ⓘ
information disclosure ⓘ
political scandal ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cablegate ⓘ
United States diplomatic cables leak ⓘ
associatedWith Chelsea Manning ⓘ
countryInvolved United States ⓘ
criticizedBy U.S. government officials ⓘ
criticizedFor alleged risk to national security ⓘ
potential endangerment of informants ⓘ
dataObtainedFrom U.S. government classified networks ⓘ
digitalFormat electronic files ⓘ
disclosedBy WikiLeaks ⓘ
distributionMethod online publication ⓘ
documentType diplomatic cable ⓘ
impact changes in diplomatic communication practices ⓘ
increased scrutiny of U.S. foreign policy ⓘ
intensified debate on digital whistleblowing ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalConsequence U.S. criminal investigation into WikiLeaks ⓘ
prosecution of Chelsea Manning ⓘ
mainTopic diplomacy ⓘ
freedom of information ⓘ
government secrecy ⓘ
whistleblowing ⓘ
mediaPartners Der Spiegel ⓘ
El País ⓘ
Le Monde ⓘ
The Guardian ⓘ
The New York Times ⓘ
numberOfDocuments over 250000 diplomatic cables ⓘ
partOf major WikiLeaks releases of 2010 ⓘ
praisedFor exposing government misconduct ⓘ
promoting transparency ⓘ
primarySource U.S. Department of State ⓘ
publisher Julian Assange ⓘ
relatedEvent Afghan War documents leak ⓘ
Iraq War documents leak ⓘ
revealed U.S. views on allies and adversaries ⓘ
confidential assessments of foreign leaders ⓘ
internal U.S. diplomatic communications ⓘ
securityClassification confidential ⓘ
secret ⓘ
startDate 2010-11-28 ⓘ
timePeriod 2010 ⓘ
triggered debate over government transparency ⓘ
debate over national security and secrecy ⓘ
global diplomatic controversy ⓘ
tensions between the United States and some allies ⓘ

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United States v. Julian Assange → relatesTo → U.S. diplomatic cables leak ⓘ
WikiLeaks → notableWork → United States diplomatic cables leak ⓘ
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WikiLeaks → notableWork → Cablegate ⓘ
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Chelsea Manning → notableWork → United States diplomatic cables leak ⓘ
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Sarah Shaw → associatedWithEvent → WikiLeaks diplomatic cables release (fictionalized depiction) ⓘ
subject linked to: Sarah Shaw – Laura Linney
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James Boswell (The Fifth Estate character) → inUniverseEvent → United States diplomatic cables leak ⓘ
subject linked to: James Boswell – Stanley Tucci
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Afghan War Diary leak → relatedTo → United States diplomatic cables leak ⓘ
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Guantánamo Bay files leak → relatedTo → WikiLeaks–United States diplomatic cables leak ⓘ
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U.S. diplomatic cables leak → alsoKnownAs → Cablegate ⓘ
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U.S. diplomatic cables leak → alsoKnownAs → United States diplomatic cables leak ⓘ
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We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks → focusesOnEvent → United States diplomatic cables leak ⓘ
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Iraq War documents leak → relatedTo → United States diplomatic cables leak ⓘ
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court-martial at Fort Meade → relatedTo → U.S. diplomatic cables leak ⓘ