List of scandals with "-gate" suffix

The suffix "-gate" derives from the Watergate scandal of the United States in the early 1970s, which resulted in the resignation of U.S. President Richard Nixon. The word "Watergate" is derived from the Watergate Complex, where the scandal started. On June 17, 1972, agents of the Nixon White House and the Nixon reelection campaign were arrested while breaking into the office of the Democratic National Committee, which at the time was located in the Watergate Complex (a combination of residences and offices located near the Potomac River) in Washington, D.C. Over the course of the next two years, the scandal grew from what initially appeared to be a relatively small and inconsequential event to become one of the biggest political controversies in U.S. history.

Since the Watergate scandal, the media has referred to some social and political scandals by adding the suffix "-gate" to one of the key words used to describe it. This new label has sometimes stuck but often a new name is used. The process is known as "-gate construction". [Safire "Safire's Political Dictionary", 3rd edition, Random House, NY, l978. ISBN 0394502612]

The first such naming after "Watergate" was the French "Winegate". "Wine" being similar to "water" in composition, it was an easy pun to make. This set a structural precedent in time for "Koreagate".

Widely recognized scandals with a -gate suffix

* Baftagate — Controversy surrounding votes at the 1991 BAFTA television awards. [ [http://news.scotsman.com/scottishfilm/And-the-award-wont-go.2824284.jp And the award won't go to... how Bafta lost its worst 'best' actress] , The Scotsman, 5 November, 2006. "However, four of the seven jurors publicly declared they had voted for GBH. Bafta said the paperwork had been destroyed, and the incident was dubbed 'Baftagate'."]
* Bandargate — A political scandal in Bahrain surrounding attempts by government officials to rig the parliamentary elections and politically marginalize the Shia population. [ [http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/1yr_arc_Articles.asp?Article=156596&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=29188&date=9-24-2006 BANDARGATE!] , Gulf Daily News, 24 September 2006]
* Betsygate — Allegations that former United Kingdom Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith had put his wife Betsy on his payroll, without her actually doing any work. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3193290.stm BBC NEWS | UK | Politics | Q&A: Duncan Smith complaints ] ]
* Billygate — U.S. President Jimmy Carter's brother, Billy Carter, legally represented the Libyan government as a foreign agent. [cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/frenzy/billy.htm|title=Billygate - 1980|publisher=The Washington Post|date=1998]
* Bingogate — A scandal that occurred during the administration of former Premier of British Columbia Michael Harcourt, involving the skimming of charity funds for use by the ruling NDP. [cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/1999/09/01/harcourt990901.html|title=Harcourt cleared of any Bingogate wrongdoing|date=1999-09-01|work=CBC News|accessdate=2008-06-27]
* Bertiegate — Controversy surrounding Bertie Ahern, Taoiseach of Ireland, receiving money from a speaking engagement while Minister for Finance. [ [http://www.independent.ie/national-news/with-hunted-eyes-dr-bertiegate-rumbles-on-72034.html With hunted eyes, Dr Bertiegate rumbles on] , Irish Independent, October 06 2006]
* Cameragate — See Spygate (2). [cite web|url=http://www.newser.com/tag/18932/1/cameragate.html|title=Stories related to: Cameragate |date=2008-02-03|publisher=newser.com|accessdate=2008-10-11]
* Camillagate — Tape of a telephone conversation between Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker-Bowles [ [http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/1/hi/uk/4410551.stm Timeline: Charles and Camilla's romance] , BBC News, "1992 Nov: Charles is rocked by the Camillagate tapes."]
* Cheriegate — Concerning Cherie Blair's association with Carole Caplin, and through her to the convicted fraudster Peter Foster. [cite news|url=http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Curse-of-Cheriegate-strikes-again.2636230.jp|title=Curse of 'Cheriegate' strikes again |publisher=The Scotsman|date=2005-06-18]
* Chicanegate — Regarding McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and his cutting of the Bus Stop-chicane during a fight for race position with Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen to win the 2008 Belgian Grand Prix, and the subsequent penalty which stripped Hamilton of the win. [cite news|url=http://www.itv-f1.com/Feature.aspx?Type=Mark_Hughes&id=43892|title=Mark Hughes on 'Chicanegate'|publisher=ITV|date=2008-09-10]
* Coingate — The mishandling of Ohio government funds entrusted to Republican operatives, involving rare coin funds [cite news|url=http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_fullstory.asp?id=37541|title=Gov. Taft sued over ‘Coingate' scandal|publisher=WKYC|date=2005-07-06]
* Colegate — Ashley Cole had an inappropriate and illegal meeting with Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho and Chelsea CEO Peter Kenyon in January 2005. [cite web|url=http://www.football.co.uk/chelsea/agent_banned_for_colegate_234692.shtml|title=Agent banned for Colegate|date=2006-09-26|work=football.co.uk|accessdate=2008-06-27]
* Contragate — See "Irangate".
* Corngate — A political scandal in New Zealand which in 2002, involved the suspected release of genetically modified corn seed in 2000. [cite news|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/425825/115681|title="Corngate" could leave nasty taste|date=2002-07-12|publisher=TVNZ|accessdate=2008-06-27]
* Dianagate — See "Squidgygate".
* Fallagate — 2007 political scandal in Guernsey over an attempt to avoid a political conflict of interest over a hospital extension plan. [cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1542928/Guernsey-gripped-by-fall-out-from-Fallagate.html|title=Guernsey gripped by fall-out from Fallagate |last=Fenton|first=Ben|date=2007-02-17|work=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=2008-06-17]
* Fajitagate — In November 2002, three off-duty San Francisco police officers allegedly assaulted two civilians over a bag of steak fajitas (which were mistaken as drugs), leading to the arrest of the chief of police. [ [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/14/BAVIV1UJV.DTL&hw=fajitagate&sn=001&sc=1000 New chapter opens in Fajitagate case] , San Francisco Chronicle, February 14, 2008]
* Fiascogate — Rapper Lupe Fiasco flubbed the lyrics to A Tribe Called Quest's song "Electric Relaxation" during a performance at the VH1 Hip-Hop Honors. [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1571748/20071011/fiasco__lupe.jhtml "Lupe Fiasco Vs. A Tribe Called Quest: A 'Fiascogate' Timeline"] , MTV.com, October 11, 2007. Accessed April 13, 2008.]
* Filegate — The illegal possession and scrutiny of 300-900 FBI files by the Clinton Administration without the file's subject's permission. [http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/04/01/filegate/index.html "'Filegate' Depositions Sought From White House Aides"] , CNN.com, April 1, 1998. Accessed June 5, 2007.]
* Forest Gategate — The shooting by armed police of an innocent terrorist suspect in Forest Gate, London in 2006. [cite web|url=http://underprogress.blogs.com/weblog/2006/06/demonstration_a.html|title=Demonstration against police tactics|date=2006-06-20|work=under|progress|accessdate=2008-06-27]
* Grannygate — A scandal in rugby league involving New Zealand players and their family history. The term was most recently invoked in the 2006 Rugby League Tri-Nations series, where New Zealand was penalised for fielding former Queensland hooker Nathan Fien. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/rugby_union/752625.stm 'Grannygate' comes to a close] , 17 May, 2000, BBC News]
* Hookergate — The U.S. Cunningham scandal in which defense contractors paid bribes to members of Congress and officials in the U.S. Defense Department, in return for political favors in the form of federal contracts. [ [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article714090.ece CIA chief quits after 'Hookergate'] , Sunday Times, May 7, 2006]
* Iguanagate — New South Wales Education Minister John Della Bosca was stood down from the ministry and his wife, Federal MP Belinda Neal, ordered to undergo anger management counselling after they had an argument with staff at the Iguanas Waterfront restaurant on the NSW Central Coast. [cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/iguanagate-della-dumped/2008/06/13/1213321594982.html?s_cid=rss_news|title=Iguanagate: Della dumped|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald Online|date=2008-06-13] [cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/06/14/2274659.htm|title=The Night of the Iguana|publisher=ABC News Online|date=2008-06-14]
* Indygate — Seven Formula One teams pull out of the 2005 United States Grand Prix following tire failures and the inability to come to a compromise with the FIA. ['Indygate’ lawsuit dismissed [http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=36315 www.itv-f1.com] Retrieved 25 March 2007]
* Irangate or Contragate (usually referred to as the Iran-Contra Affair) — The Reagan Administration sold weapons to Iran and diverted the proceeds to the Contra rebels in Nicaragua. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/5/newsid_2772000/2772471.stm|title=1989: Irangate colonel avoids prison|publisher=St Louis Post-Dispatch|date=1989-07-05]
* Iraqgate — A Finnish scandal involving the leaking of secret documents to Anneli Jäätteenmäki, which helped bring down Paavo Lipponen's government. Later, it also brought down Jäätteenmäki’s government. [ [http://search.ft.com/ftArticle?queryText=%22Paavo+Lipponen%22&page=6&id=030618004767&ct=0&nclick_check=1 Finnish PM under fire over leaked documents] , ft.com, Jun 18, 2003, "Ms Jäätteenmäki, who has only held the position for two months, has been plagued by the scandal, known in Finland as Iraqgate."]
* Katrinagate (also "FEMAgate") — Used by people who disapproved of government response to Hurricane Katrina. [cite web
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* Jerseygate — A Boston Red Sox jersey placed under a concrete slab in the New Yankee Stadium by a Red Sox fan wishing to put a curse on the New York Yankees was removed in 2008.cite web |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?videoId=3345159 |title=Construction Worker Tells His Side Of 'Jerseygate' |format= video|work= ESPN Video|accessdate=2008-04-26]
* Kazakhgate — Scandal surrounding James Giffen, an American businessman and former advisor of Nazarbayev, the president of Kazakhstan, who paid $78 million in bribes to high-level Kazakhstani officials to secure the oil contracts for Western companies in the 1990s. [ [http://english.aljazeera.net/English/archive/archive?ArchiveId=16754 Profile: President Nazarbayev] , Al Jazeera, 'Nazarbayev spoke publicly about the case — dubbed Kazakhgate — only once, and dismissed allegations of his involvement as "insinuations and a provocation".']
*Lipstickgate (1) — The collective controversies in 2007 Renton, Washington city council politics, which included the word "BITCH" being written in red lipstick on the mayor's bathroom mirror during a city council meeting, four council members being sued collusionby a fifth, and a heated mayoral race between incumbent Kathy Keolker and Councilman Denis Law. [cite web|url=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/335757_renton17.html|title='Lipstickgate,' suit heat up Renton politics|accessdate=2008-09-14]
*Lipstickgate (2) — The brouhaha associated with Barack Obama's use of the saying "putting lipstick on a pig" during a campaign trail speech. [cite web|url=http://wordpress.com/tag/obama-lipstickgate/|title=Obama On Letterman: If I Meant It That Way, Palin Would Have Been The Lipstick|accessdate=2008-09-14]
* Monicagate, Lewinskygate, Tailgate, or Sexgate ("Zippergate", "the Lewinsky scandal") — named after Monica Lewinsky who had an "inappropriate relationship" with the then-U.S. President Bill Clinton. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_1998_Dec_7/ai_53284437 Scandal Bust: Why Clinton won Monicagate] , William Saletan, Dec 7, 1998, National Review]
*Monstergate — Scandal involving Obama foreign policy advisor Samantha Power, in which she resigned after calling Hillary Clinton a "monster," as reported by The Scotsman newspaper. [cite news|url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2008/03/monstergate.asp|title=Monstergate|last=Goldfarb|first=Michael|date=2008-03-07|work=Weekly Standard|accessdate=2008-06-28]
* Muldergate — South African political scandal of the late 1970s in which funds were clandestinely diverted by defence minister Connie Mulder for overseas propaganda in support of the apartheid regime. The scandal brought about the downfall of BJ Vorster. [Muldergate: The Story of the Info.Scandal, by Mervyn Rees and Chris Day, ISBN13 9780869540893]
*NAFTAgate [ [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080305.wharpleak0305/BNStory/National/home globeandmail.com: National ] ] — Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Chief of Staff Ian Brodie reveals to the media a document leak revealing that the Canadian government should not worry about U.S. Presidential candidate Barack Obama's anti-North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) rhetoric. [cite news|url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v5/content/subscribe?user_URL=http://www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2Fstory%2FRTGAM.20080305.wharpleak0305%2FBNStory%2FNational%2Fhome&ord=27374440&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login=true|title='NAFTAgate' began with remark from Harper's chief of staff|last=Panetta|first=Alexander|date=2008-03-05|work=Globe and Mail|accessdate=2008-06-27]
*Nannygate — Rob Lowe's nanny sues him for sexual harassment. [cite news|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=8bdba7e4-c826-4823-9c0a-c6e719fa5b34&entry=index&sid=rss_topstories&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories|title=Lowe's Nannygate Goes to the Videotape|work=Entertainment Television|date=2008-04-18|accessdate=2008-04-25|author=Errico, Marcus|coauthors=Rosenbaum, Claudia]
* Nipplegate — Justin Timberlake reveals Janet Jackson's nipple during the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII. [ [http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/02/20/findlaw.analysis.hilden.jackson/ Jackson 'Nipplegate' illustrates the danger of chilling free speech] , Julie Hilden, Findlaw columnist, CNN.com, February 20, 2004]
* Paintergate — Occurred in 2002 when it was revealed that New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark had signed a piece of art which she did not paint. ['PM's painting scandal', One News, Apr 14, 2002: http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/425825/93845]
* Paragate — Several Colombian congressmen and other politicians indicted for suspicions of colluding with the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia and other paramilitary groups involved in Colombia's forty-year armed conflict [ [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f95b4d92-dc84-11db-a21d-000b5df10621,dwp_uuid=8fa2c9 cc-2f77-11da-8b51-00000e2511c8.html Uribe aloof as ‘paragate’ creeps up on palace] , Anastasia Moloney in Bogotá and Richard Lapper in São Paulo, March 27, 2007, Financial Times]
* Partgate — NASCAR team owner Jack Roush accuses fellow team Michael Waltrip Racing of stealing a sway bar at a test session. Waltrip later admits they had the part, but it was taken accidentally. ["'Partgate' proves Roush needs to lighten up a bit", NASCAR.com, March 29, 2008: http://www.nascar.com/2008/news/opinion/03/28/jmenzer.jroush.toyota.partgate/]
* Passportgate — The controversy during the 2008 U.S. presidential primary elections which manifested first as a report that a contractor employee for the U.S. State Department had accessed Barack Obama's passport file. It was subsequently reported that the files of Hillary Clinton and John McCain were also similarly accessed. [cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/21/AR2008032101269.html?nav=rss_business|title=Washington Post] [cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23736254/|title=Passport files of all major candidates breached - MSNBC - March 21, 2008] [cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/21/obama.passport/index.html|title= Clinton's office says her passport files also breached - CNN - March 21, 2008] [cite web|url=http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/03/21/ap-rice-tells-clinton-her-passport-file-was-also-breached-in-07/|title=Passport Breaches Reported for Clinton, McCain and Obama - Fox News - March 21, 2008] [cite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-03-21-rice-breach_N.htm|title=Rice: Presidential candidates' passport files were breached - USA Today - March 21, 2008] [cite web|url=http://voanews.com/english/2008-03-21-voa57.cfm|title=State Department Acknowledges Presidential Candidates' Passport Files Breached|author=Jim Malone|pub=VOA News - March 21, 2008]
*Peppergate — Pepper-spraying of peace demonstrators by the RCMP during an APEC summit in Vancouver in November 1997. [ [http://archives.cbc.ca/clip.asp?page=1&IDClip=11710&IDCat=328&IDCatPa=260&IDDossier= CBC Archives - Free speech meets pepper spray] , CBC Television, retrieved March 16, 2008.]
*Pizzagate — An incident involving a slice of pizza thrown at Sir Alex Ferguson by an Arsenal player. [cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2006/sep/15/newsstory.sport1|title=Pizzagate: a slice of strife|date=2006-09-15|work=The Guardian|accessdate=2008-06-17]
* Plamegate (also "Leakgate", "CIA leak scandal", "Plame affair") — The revealing, by Robert Novak, of the name of Valerie Plame. Lewis Libby allegedly leaked to the media the identity of a covert CIA agent who worked on WMDs, in retaliation for her husband, Joseph C. Wilson, criticizing George W. Bush's justification for the invasion of Iraq. [ [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/07/14/opinion/lynch/main708980.shtml Plamegate Turns D.C. Upside Down] , Dotty Lynch, Senior Political Editor, CBS News, July 14, 2005]
* Rathergate (also "Memogate") — Faxed copies of forged memos, that were presented on "60 Minutes" in 2004, claimed President George W. Bush was derelict in his duty in the Texas Air National Guard in 1972. [ [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/newswar/tags/rathergate.html Rathergate] , interview with Ken Auletta, Frontline, WGBH, 'Was there something in how the Bush re-election campaign played the "Rathergate" story so that it ended up focusing on the one wrong document out of all of it, or was it just a welcome break for them?']
* Reutersgate — The controversy over Reuters photographer Adnan Hajj manipulating news photos with Photoshop. [ [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?c=JPArticle&cid=1154525850241&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Reutersgate strikes other news outlets] , August 11, 2006, Jerusalem Post]
* — A 1976 scandal in which Jeremy Thorpe, leader of the UK Liberal Party, lost his position and his seat in Parliament after being accused of involvement in an unsuccessful attempt to murder an alleged former gay lover. Thorpe was eventually acquitted, but the scandal and an unrelated personal illness ended his career. "Rinka" refers to a Great Dane that was killed in the attack. [Rinkagate: Rise and Fall of Jeremy Thorpe by Simon Freeman and Barrie Penrose, ISBN13 978-0747533399]
* Sirengate — A controversial match in Australian Rules Football when the umpire failed to hear the final siren allowing the St Kilda Football Club to score an extra point and draw the match. 4 days later the AFL overturned the result and awarded Fremantle Football Club as the winners of that match. [cite news|url=http://www.aurorastadiumlaunceston.com.au/content/view/25/40/|title=Sirengate|publisher=http://www.aurorastadiumlaunceston.com.au|accessdate=2008-07-05]
* Shawinigate — A 1999 Canadian scandal involving then-Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's profiting from real estate deals in his home riding of Shawinigan, Quebec [ [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080229/shawinigate_documents_080229/20080229?hub=Politics Paper ordered to surrender 'Shawinigate' documents] , CTV News, updated February 29, 2008]
* Spitgate — the argument in "Big Brother 9" UK in which Dennis spat in Mohammed's face and was ejected. [http://www.whydidigowrong.co.uk/?p=980]
* Spygate (1) — The controversy surrounding the 2007 Formula One espionage controversy. [cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/01/2177155.htm|title=McLaren livid over latest 'Spygate' twist|date=2008-03-01|work=ABC News|accessdate=2008-06-27]
* Spygate (2) — The controversy surrounding the NFL's New England Patriots' taping of defensive signals. [cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/2007/11/06/2007-11-06_don_shula_spygate_would_mar_pats_undefea.html|title=Don Shula: Spygate would mar Pats' undefeated season |first=2007-11-27|work=nydailynews.com|accessdate=2008-07-25]
* Squidgygate/Dianagate — tape of a telephone conversation between Diana, Princess of Wales and a male friend. [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/10/ndiana110.xml Diana's Squidgygate tapes 'leaked by GCHQ'] , Daily Telegraph, last updated 2:46 a.m. GMT 11/01/2008]
* Stepneygate — Allegations of espionage in Formula 1 racing carried out by members of the McLaren team. [ [http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/high-court-win-for-ferrari-over-stepneygate-espionage-scandal-456852.html High Court win for Ferrari over 'Stepneygate' espionage scandal] , The Independent, 12 July, 2007] Also sometimes known as Spygate [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/03/01/smform101.xml Ron Dennis defiant over 'Spygate'] , Daily Telegraph, 1 March, 2008] (not to be confused with the NFL scandal of the same name).
* Stormontgate — A British spy reveals himself to be spying on Sinn Féin. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4515324.stm DUP chase 'Stormontgate' answers] , BBC News, 10 December 2005]
* Suitcasegate — A businessman is caught at a Buenos Aires airport in August 2007 with a bag (apparently from Hugo Chávez) containing $800,000 meant for then-Argentine presidential candidate Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. [cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/09/25/miami.argentina/index.html|title='Suitcase-gate' provides Latin American drama|date=2008-09-25|work=CNN.com|accessdate=2008-09-25]
* Toallagate ("towelgate") — Scandal in Mexico 2001 due to the high cost of bathroom towels (around US$400 for each one) bought for the official residence of the Mexican president. [ [http://www.aprodeh.org.pe/ridhualc/actulatin/al_20.htm El `toallagate' como modelo de lucha anticorrupción] ,RIDHUALC,25 Juny 2001] [ [http://www.esmas.com/noticierostelevisa/mexico/117545.html Continúan en Los Pinos implicados en 'toallagate'] , esmas.com, 10 July 2001]
* Toiletgate — The allegations by Veselin Topalov, the challenger for the 2006 World Chess Championship, that Vladimir Kramnik (reigning champion at that time) was using an Internet connection and computer analysis while visiting the toilet frequently during their 2006 match in Elista, Kalmykia. [ [http://sport.guardian.co.uk/chess/story/0,,1884352,00.html Kramnik's carry on over his own convenience] , by Leonard Barden, September 30, 2006, The Guardian. "They are calling it Toiletgate. The $1 m world chess championship is on the point of collapse today after the Bulgarian contender, Veselin Topalov, accused his Russian opponent, Vladimir Kramnik, of visiting his personal loo too often during play."]
* Travelgate — The 1993 firings of White House Travel Office employees at the start of the Clinton administration. [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/whitewater/whitewater.htm Untangling Whitewater] , Washington Post special report, 'The firing of seven members of the White House travel office in 1993, possibly to make room for Clinton friends — Followed by an FBI investigation of the office, allegedly opened under pressure from the White House to justify the firings. Sometimes called "Travelgate."']
* Troopergate (1) — The allegations by two Arkansas state troopers that they arranged sexual liaisons for then-governor Bill Clinton. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3138/is_199403/ai_n7808569 Why did the L.A. Times go with troopergate (The Los Angeles Times' coverage of Arkansas state troopers' allegations about President Bill Clinton)] , Jeffrey L. Katz, March, 1994, American Journalism Review]
* Troopergate (2) — controversy involving New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, who allegedly ordered the state police to create special records of senate majority leader Joseph L. Bruno's whereabouts when he traveled with police escorts in New York City.cite news |last=Hakim |first=Danny |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/23/nyregion/23cnd-spitzer.html |title=Spitzer's Staff Misused Police, Report Finds |work=The New York Times |date=2007-07-23 |accessdate=2008-03-29 ]
* Troopergate (3) — the controversy surrounding allegations that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican vice-presidential nominee for the United States presidential election, fired the state's public safety commissioner, allegedly for not cooperating with her demand that he dismiss her former brother-in-law, a state trooper. [cite news|first=Wesley|last=Loy|url=http://www.adn.com/monegan/story/517072.html|title=Palin won't face 'Troopergate' subpoena|publisher=Anchorage Daily News|date=2008-09-05|accessdate=2008-09-05]
* Tunagate — A 1985 political scandal in Canada involving large quantities of possibly spoiled tuna which were sold to the public. [ [http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-73-1700-11707/politics_economy/political_scandals/clip4 The tainted Star-Kist tuna scandal] , CBC Archives. 'What became known as "Tunagate" erupts after this Fifth Estate report airs on Sept. 17, 1985. The CBC's Eric Malling reveals that Progressive Conservative Fisheries Minister John Fraser had knowingly approved a million cans of rancid Star-Kist tuna for sale.']
*Waterkantgate or "Watergate an der Waterkant" — A major 1987 political scandal in Germany. [http://www.todayinhistory.de/index.php?lang=en&sdt=20001011]
* Wheatgate — Scandal involving AWB Limited payments to the regime of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein that were in contravention of the United Nations Oil-for-Food programme [ [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article727618.ece Australia wheat bosses 'paid £128 m in Oil-for-Food bribes to Saddam'] , The Times, February 6, 2006. "This inquiry into the “wheatgate” affair will dominate the Australian Parliament when it sits this week and could expose one of Australia’s biggest corruption scandals."]
* Whitewatergate [ [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4639228.html Clintons prepare for `Whitewatergate' day of humiliation] , Rupert Cornwell, The Independent, March 7, 1994, ] — Better known as the Whitewater controversy.

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