A bill is being voted on that would basically define US soil as a battlefield in the War on Terror. As such, the military could seize any person, citizen or otherwise, without charges and treat them as military prisoners for an indefinite period as they are "investigated."
http://www.businessinsider.com/secret-bill-to-be-voted-on-today-would-allow-the-military-to-sweep-up-us-citizens-at-home-or-abroad-2011-11
A bill is being voted on that would basically define US soil as a battlefield in the War on Terror. As such, the military could seize any person, citizen or otherwise, without charges and treat them as military prisoners for an indefinite period as they are "investigated."