Here it seems it is the "Freedom From Information Act"

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TxtEdMacs

Nov 05, 2004
3:59 PM EDT
a.k.a. Patriot Act - everything is a secret, except, perhaps, to our enemies. The ACLU is fighting some provisions in the current act and they cannot publish the provisions, because that would be breaking the law. Somehow I had though rights of the citizenry in the U.K. was an oxymoron - I ashamedly admit to my ignorance (and misplaced arrogance).

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