Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against a Washington public relations executive accused of violating the USA Patriot Act by drunkenly disregarding the orders of a flight attendant.

In October, David H. Bass was charged in federal court under a Patriot Act provision that defines interfering with a flight member as a terrorist act and felony.

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