--White House and DOJ officials, along with senior members of Congress, advised the CIA in 2003 against a plan to destroy hundreds of hours of videotapes showing the interrogations of two operatives of Al Qaeda, government officials said Friday. ... Top CIA officials had decided in 2003 to preserve the tapes in response to warnings from White House lawyers and lawmakers... Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr., then the chief of the agency’s clandestine service, the Directorate of Operations, had reversed that decision in November 2005 at a time when Congress and the courts were inquiring deeply into the CIA’s interrogation and detention program. NYT A1 Dec. 8,2007
--Dana Perino, the White Hose spokeswoman, said Friday that President Bush “has no recollection of being made aware of the tapes or their destruction before this week.—Ibid
--Destruction of CIA tapes could hinder prosecutions of terrorism suspects. –NYT A21, Dec. 9,2007
--At some point during the 20th century, the US invented adolescence. Where once there had merely been youth, there were now teenagers, with their own dress, music, magazines, books, economy, culture and expected patterns of behavior. ... researchers in sociology, psychology and human development [are now identifying] “emerging adulthood,” a time between ages 18 and 30 or so, when marriage and parenthood are often delayed, formal schooling is prolonged, job switching is frequent and parental support is extended. –NYT B11, Dec. 8, 2007
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