This is a NON Political reply, meaning I am not taking side on this issue one way or another, but simply replying to your question of what The Patriot Act Is, hope this helps and answers your question on it

Very good, Mkemse!

You must have spent a lot of time in preparing a very well written report on the Patriot Act. Keep up the good work. You used 63 footnotes. Are you posting the sources of the footnotes?