Yes, it is surprising that NBC would utter a syllable against the Clintons. Maybe they are having second thoughts about Hillary as their candidate in '04.
Seems like the entire Democrat establishment, ABC, CBS, CNN, PBS, NPR, some at the DNC, the NEW REPUBLIC, and maybe even the NYTs are beginning to question whether she's smart enought or likable enough to win.
I try to remember that this is the season of "dirt control" for many politicans. THEY KNOW what kind of dirt they have in their backgrounds and they also know that the OPPOSITION knows (or will eventually find out). Therefore, politicians will air their dirty laundry on their own terms, well in advance of the campaign season, so that any "shock value" disappears and by the time the campaign season heats up in earnest, it's all "old news".
It may have been Hillary's camp who got this Dubai stuff out there.