United States diplomatic cables leak
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An incident, commonly referred to as Cablegate, began on 28 November 2010 when WikiLeaks began releasing classified cables that had been sent to the U.S. State Department by 274 of its consulates, embassies, and diplomatic missions around the world. Dated between December 1966 and February 2010, the cables contain diplomatic analysis from world leaders, and the diplomats' assessment of host countries and their officials. On 30 July 2013, Chelsea Manning was convicted for theft of the cables and violations of the Espionage Act in a court martial proceeding and sentenced to thirty-five years imprisonment. She was released on 17 May 2017, after seven years total confinement, after her sentence had been commuted by President Barack Obama earlier that year.
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| Subject | Documents |
| External political relations | 145,451 |
| Internal government affairs | 122,896 |
| Human rights | 55,211 |
| Economic conditions | 49,044 |
| Terrorists and terrorism | 28,801 |
| UN Security Council | 6,532 |
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