In today's White House press conference during which Tony Snow attempted to explain the ramifications of Pres. Bush's signing the Military Commissions Act of 2006, the press corps & Helen Thomas subjected Tony Snow to questioning which some might consider torture.  Here is the excerpt: What we have is a Military Commissions Act that, in response to the United States Supreme Court's decision in the Hamdan case, involves congressional authorization for military commissions, which have been a factor of American justice in times of war since the founding era. What we have done is put together with —— again, in consultation with Congress, ways in which we can, in keeping with our treaty obligations and laws, question enemy combatants, bring them to justice, or in many cases, what we've been trying to do at Guantanamo, try to repatriate them either to home nations or nations under which they have been charged with criminal offenses, and who, upon receiving them, will...(Read Full Post)