Sell Knight Ridder to the CIA
"...For instance, had President George W. Bush read the Knight Ridder Washington bureau's reporting on Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction rather than listened to Director of Central Intelligence George 'Slam Dunk' Tenet's briefings on the subject, the United States might have been spared a war. To be sure, Knight Ridder relied extensively on confidential sources with access to classified information. But as the New York Review of Books' Michael Massing writes, the KR guys were able to piece together a more accurate picture of Iraq's capabilities based on public information and interviews with midlevel and career sources than all the president's men, who drew on testimonials from administration stars, political appointees, and the intelligence establishment."