More than 30 Occupy Portland protesters gathered at Salmon Street Springs Fountain late this morning for a rally and march in protest of the National Defense Authorization Act.

Protesters took issue with the $662 billion defense spending bill, singling out language in the U.S. Senate version that says U.S. citizens suspected of terrorism can be detained indefinitely.

"The thing that concerns me is reflections on McCarthyism, where anybody suspected of being a Communist was detained and abused, essentially," said march organizer Terris Harned, 32. "Our main concern and our main goal is to raise awareness. This bill has very much flown under the radar, and we don't think people have been made aware enough about it."

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The protesters marched around Pioneer Courthouse Square and decided to disperse, rest up and regroup later.

They now plan on meeting at Holladay Park across from the MAX stop at Lloyd Center at 4:30 p.m. At 3 p.m., about 15 to 20 protesters were at Shemanski Park in downtown. Two tents up earlier in the day had been put away.

The Senate version of the spending bill passed 93-7, with three Republicans and four Democrats opposing it.

The U.S. House of Representatives must vote on its version of the bill and then Congress will reconcile the two versions before sending it to President Barack Obama to sign. Obama has said he will veto the bill.

Other developments:

Police interview arrested protesters about plans: When Todd Herman was arrested last night, he said he was interviewed by detectives who seemed more interested in what the future held for Occupy Portland than anything else.

"The detectives were more concerned with what's to come tomorrow, what comes in a month," said Herman, 23. "Are we going to make it through the winter, and if we do, what are we going to do when the weather's nice?"

Herman said that the Occupy movement is still in its infancy and therefore still in a state of transition.

He rebutted the notion that the protesters are losing steam and said that instead of one large camp, protesters have created smaller "microcamps."

"A lot of people are saying that Occupy is getting smaller and we're losing numbers," Herman said. "These camps are mobile and on the move. This has been our winter survival strategy and it has worked fantastically because we are definitely achieving the goals we want to achieve."

As for the future, Herman said that aside from a desire to achieve their larger, overarching goals such as class equality, the movement is simply playing it by ear.

"Our immediate tactics and plans change on the fly as they need to," Herman said.

Update on Walker Prettyman, detained protesters:

The five protesters who were booked into Multnomah County Jail last night are free. Keller Henry, Carsen Jean Harrison-Bower, Jordan Levi Benning and Clifford Lawayne Collins were each arrested on accusations of second-degree criminal trespassing and interfering with a police officer.

Troy Anthony Thompson was accused of criminal mischief and criminal trespassing for climbing onto the Portland City Hall roof.

A photo taken by The Oregonian's Ray Whitehouse of 15-year-old Walker Prettyman, who told Whitehouse he had been bloodied by a police officer's baton, has been circulating on Twitter and various blogs.

Portland police spokesman Sgt. Pete Simpson said police have no information on where the alleged incident happened or what occurred.

"I talked with sergeants last night," Simpson said. "It's pretty unlikely we hit someone in the face with a baton. There's nothing we can do in the short run. We'll of course look at all of our video and police reports."

Simpson said that if someone were resistant enough with police to draw a physical altercation, he would have been arrested.

"We're certainly willing and interested in looking into it if we have more information," Simpson said.

--Owen R. Smith

