I'm no US expert but wouldn't such a law go against the constitution?

The scary part is that apparently it can be used against bloggers, journalist, etc. Just for being accused, they can fuck you up. Are we really that paranoid in the U.S?

I don't know much about the bill so I won't go on a rant until I inform myself a bit more. I'll check back on this thread later.

Prez will Vito, end of story.

The censorship stuff is bollocks conspiracy stuff as usual, the government isn't censoring the media over it. The media in the USA just gives people what they want though - and that doesn't involve complicated stuff in politics.

The text of the bill in question is here
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr1540eas/pdf/BILLS-112hr1540eas.pdf

The questionable stuff begins at about page 418. It does seem it might allow indefinite detention (certainly not assasination - don't know who made that claim) of US citizens suspected of terrorism, though I'm not good with this sort of things. It does come with the disclaimer -

(e) AUTHORITIES.—Nothing in this section shall be
20 construed to affect existing law or authorities, relating to
21 the detention of United States citizens, lawful resident
22 aliens of the United States or any other persons who are
23 captured or arrested in the United States.

24 (f) REQUIREMENT FOR BRIEFINGS OF CONGRESS.—
25 The Secretary of Defense shall regularly brief Congress re
1 garding the application of the authority described in this
2 section, including the organizations, entities, and individ3
uals considered to be ‘‘covered persons’’ for purposes of sub4
section (b)(2).

Although not directly related to this particular law, if you have the time (and anybody in this thread) watch this lecture by Andrew Napolitano on laws against the constitution:

Wow, this is sad that they are allowing this to pass.

Why is it that congress can only agree on things that are unequivocally bad like this and SOPA? There's all the world of difference between assertive defense policy and outright criminal behavior

One wonders if the only ones left we can trust are the Supreme Court

you think they listen to the Constitution?

China, is that you?

Word on Occupy Facebook pages is outrage over this.  Because of this, I await this fact to cause some people on here to say passage of the NDAA to be something awesome.