Abbott is a city in Hill County in Central Texas. The population was 356 in 2010. It is perhaps best known as the birthplace of country musician Willie Nelson.
Patriot Act. noun. a U.S. law enacted in response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, which gave law-enforcement officials greater ability to tap telephones and track Internet users; also called [The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001]
Confidence votes 4.4K. The main purpose of the Patriot Act is to greatly reduce terrorists' abilities to operate within the United States. The key techniques used to do so include (but are not limited) to the following: * Reduced restrictions on law enforcement access to records. * Reduced restrictions on conducting intelligence gathering in the United States.