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 Patriot Act crossed the line on several keyareas of civil libertiesâ (Margulies 82). As a result of growing support for a review of thecontroversial provisions of the Patriot Act, the legislators and elected officials are now openlyquestioning the motives behind certain provisions of the Act.