Pubdate: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 Source: Chicago Tribune (IL) Copyright: 2003 Chicago Tribune Company Contact: http://www.chicagotribune.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/82 Author: Kendall M. Cox U.S. PRIORITIES Shorewood -- This is regarding "U.S. hauls in dealers of bongs, roach clips; Operation Pipe Dreams hits Net sellers" (Page 1, Feb. 25). Travelers leaving from O'Hare International Airport will surely rest easier in the wake of these arrests, secure in the knowledge that no terrorist plans to detonate a bong at 20,000 feet. Can the feds actually name someone who will smoke less marijuana because of these arrests? If anything, more people will improvise homemade paraphernalia, perhaps using unsafe materials, such as aluminum or PVC piping. What a ridiculous example of the federal government's misplaced priorities. Meanwhile, I sit here with duct tape and plastic sheeting awaiting a terrorist attack our government seems to feel is inevitable. And perhaps it is -- as long as our priorities are this backward, terrorists will continue to have grievances as well as opportunities to voice them. - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Stevens