Down and Out in Paris and London.

As our GOP Congress looks to shoot the messenger over secret prisons, England's House of Commons rejects an anti-terror bill pushed by Prime Minister Blair -- his "first defeat" after 8 years in office -- which would allow terrorist suspects to be held for 90 days without charge. Meanwhile, France approaches the two-week mark of youth rioting, despite curfews, increased jail time, threats of deportation, and the shutdown of instigating blogs, and the rest of Europe looks on with trepidation...