"Briefingate" meaning in English

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          "text": "As the President now knows, it is not midsummer media madness, or \"much ado about nothing.\" Briefingate - the penetration of the Carter campaign by the Reagan campaign, in order to give the Republican candidate an edge in 1980's televised debate - raises a legitimate issue of right and wrong.",
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          "text": "The LaRouchians were anxious to stop the Briefingate probe, and put out a pamphlet calling it a Communist-liberal plot to undermine Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative.",
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