The first couple of debates on the Intelligence Squared card, on fox-hunting and Iraq, drew around 900 punters between them.
"The president has confidence in how George Tenet does his work, and how he analyses intelligence," Mr. Card said, "but also how he suggests how the intelligence should be used -- what actions should be taken because of it.
The New Yorker, October 6, 1951 P. 28 Incidental Intelligence: A playing card, the eight of spades, is stuck fast to the lofty, gold-ornamented ceiling of the East Ballroom of the Hotel Commodore.
By D. B. Kingston and Geoffrey T. Hellman The New Yorker, October 6, 1951 P. 28 Incidental Intelligence: A playing card, the eight of spades, is stuck fast to the lofty, gold-ornamented ceiling of the East Ballroom of the Hotel Commodore.
They include charging those who repeatedly lose their cards, closer monitoring of individual accounts, and improving "hot card" intelligence of stolen cards.There is also one simple low-tech action which the banks have been strangely reluctant to take the introduction of cards with photographs of their owners.
That intelligence gives the card the potential to perform myriad functions from storing and transferring cash to holding entire credit and medical histories.
Stored en masse, the cards made up Bletchley Park's Punch-Card Intelligence Index, allowing the staff to check and cross-reference data to speed up the day's code-breaking.
The first inklings of trouble came back on 19 July when LSE expert William Heath posted a message on his personal blog, reporting that the government 'don't want to insult everyone's intelligence' over ID cards and that 'they apologise for overenthusiasm in overselling the card in the past'.
Terrorists sought in the Middle East have been sent to the Triple Frontier to hide out in comfort, using fake passports or other documents manufactured in some of the same local workshops that also make phony credit cards, intelligence officials say.
