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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…

Author KcMPosted on November 9, 2005May 21, 2013Categories Civil Liberties, Congress, Dubya Diplomacy, Election 2006, England, Europe, France, Gulags and Torture, The DeLay House, The Dubya Era, The SenateTags Black Sites, CIA, Civil Liberties, Congress, Dubya Diplomacy, Election 2006, England, France, Indefinite Detention, Tony Blair, Torture, War on Terror

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