If you want to get technical, the Patriot Act is neither a misnomer or an oxymoron. It's an acronym. "Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism."
How incredibly convenient!
There are several new 'Acts' in the pipeline, I can hardly wait for the acronyms to start appearing in the press, and perhaps in these forums.
Workable And Necessary Knowledge for Early Retaliation.
Appropriate
Retaliatory
Steps and
Early
Prevention
Under
Foreign
Fire.
I guess it was just a lucky coincidence the first time that the acronym turned out to spell 'PATRIOT'.