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by cpeterso 4717 days ago
Protect America Act?
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How Orwellian of them. Does that law still exist, though? I thought they replaced it with the FISA Amendments Act or something.
Yes, they did. I read an article about it before.
US legislation often seems to have titles like that - 'America Invents Act' or 'Stop Online Piracy Act'. Legislation here in the UK has much more prosaic, factual titles, like the "Apprenticeships and Skills (Public Procurement Contracts) Bill".
So do US laws. If you actually read the Bill it usually has a factual and direct title and then the second line will be "Also known as the Bunnies Are Cute Act."
You must know by now, all Fed op/act/project names must be read through rot180, or a `clapperSpeak' translator.
Yes, this is what I mean.