According to documents made public by a FOIA request by EPIC (Electronic Privacy Information Center), the Department of Homeland Security's planned Media Monitoring Program will scour forums, blogs, message boards, and other online media looking for "media reports that reflect adversely on the U.S. Government, DHS" in an attempt to "capture public reaction to major government proposals." The Department would keep these records for a period of five years, making them available to "federal, state, local, and foreign government and private sector partners."
EPIC's report here.
That seems like a nice complement to the NDAA 2012, by which the President is granted the power to indefinitely detain anyone that might be perceived to be associated with "terrorist" activities (so, pretty much anyone on the no-fly list?). Personally, I think attacks on the U.S. Constitution such as these should be perceived as terrorist acts.
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