I dunno... I'm a skeptic.
If there are real civil liberties issues here, they seem to have gone unnoticed by the ACLU, as I can't find any reference on the organization's website.
Too, the text of the bill, as presented to the House, has specific civil liberties considerations:
"`SEC. 899E. PROTECTING CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES WHILE PREVENTING IDEOLOGICALLY BASED VIOLENCE AND HOMEGROWN TERRORISM.
`(a) In General- In carrying out this subtitle, the Secretary shall ensure that the efforts of the Department to prevent ideologically based violence and homegrown terrorism as described in this subtitle do not violate the constitutional rights, civil rights, and civil liberties of United States citizens and lawful permanent residents."
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill...bill=s110-1959