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]
The chief provisions in the USA Patriot Act were that C. The government could violate due process laws if a citizen was deemed to be unpatriotic but unpatriotic is misleading here. More suspicious.