Around 100 suggestions an hour are coming through
from readers suggesting subjects to search for in the cables database.
We've set up a small team to go through them and so far the results look
promising. Several people suggested searching for information on
Madeleine
McCann, the British girl who went missing in Portugal in
2007, for example. She is indeed mentioned in at least two cables from
the US embassy in Lisbon. No clues to her fate, unfortunately, but some
interesting observations on the involvement of British police, which
we'll relay once we've checked them out. Similarly, lots of interest in
the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was killed in
2006 and is mentioned in around 70 cables. Other popular requests for
more infomation include the private security firm Blackwater (mentioned
159 times in the cables) and several themes that have already been
trawled over by Guardian journalists such as Bosnian war crimes, but
which may be worth returning to on the basis of more detailed search
suggestions. Please keep the ideas coming by sending tweets to @gdncables (preferably with details of dates
and locations) and we'll try to respond as quickly as possible and keep
you updated on the 'you ask, we search' exercise via this blog.
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