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The ACLU of Massachusetts hosted a conference yesterday on reclaiming our civil liberties in the post-Bush era. Glenn Greenwald was the featured speaker and used his time to address the myriad impediments to civil liberties that face us even as the advent of Barack Obama brings some hope.

Blue Mass Group notes that the ACLU is suing the government for upholding wiretapping and other forms of surveillance that violate our civil liberties. As the ACLU describes it, "The FISA Amendments Act nearly eviscerates oversight of government surveillance by allowing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) to review only general procedures for spying rather than individual warrants... The bill further trivializes court review by authorizing the government to continue a surveillance program even after the government’s general spying procedures are found insufficient or unconstitutional by the FISC." The bill essentially makes it possible for the government to spy on any of us, and also releases companies who spied on us from responsibility. More on FISA from ACLU.