This is the article Drudge is referring to, posted by Anti-Bubba182:
Amid policy disputes, Qaeda grows in Pakistan
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038402/posts
I posted that link as well to the IHT.
well, it looks to me like somebody leaked this who was frustrated that the cross border plan was being stalled. I’m not saying the NYT was right to publish this, but somebody pretty high up in either the Pentagon or the Administration wanted the story out.