Based on http://www.salon.com/2011/12/16/three_myths_about_the_detention_bill/singleton/
1) It expressly empowers the President — with regard to anyone accused of the acts in section (b) – to detain them “without trial until the end of the hostilities.”
2) It allows the President to target not only those who helped perpetrate the 9/11 attacks or those who harbored them, but also: anyone who “substantially supports” such groups and/or “associated forces.”
3) The only provision from which U.S. citizens are exempted here is the “requirement” of military detention. For foreign nationals accused of being members of Al Qaeda, military detention is mandatory; for U.S. citizens, it is optional. This section does not exempt U.S citizens from the presidential power of military detention: only from the requirement of military detention.
Basically, as a protestor, you can be considered a terrorist because of this law's vague wording. And as a terrorist, even as a US citizen, you can be indefinitely detained.
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