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anothermachine on Dec 19, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Patriot Act and privacy laws take a bite out of US...

In the USA PATRIOT Act, "PATRIOT" is an initialism, not a word, and should be capitalized. "Patriot" is not involved.

jgw on Dec 19, 2011 [–]

So is the USA part, and it doesn't stand for United States of America.

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