Aside from what the others said, the PATRIOT ACT (it's all an acronym) was based on an older bill that was not passed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnibus_Co

Aside from what the others said, the PATRIOT ACT (it's all an acronym) was based on an older bill that was not passed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnibus_Counterterrorism_Act_of_1995 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnibus_Counterterrorism_Act_o... http://www.wnyc.org/story/whats-bill/ http://www.wnyc.org/story/whats-bill/