The ACLU is facing a major shortfall this year due to a single past donor’s losses in financial markets. The story is well-known, and the fear is real that the important work we do will have to be trimmed. That’s a danger to civil liberties. As the well-known political commentator Glenn Greenwald noted in a recent post on Salon.com, “It is not hyperbole to say that, over the past decade, there has been no organization more important to the United States, the Constitution, and basic political liberties than the ACLU.” Here’s the full Greenwald post:

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