http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/columns/kurtzhoward/

Always a must read, Kurtz reflects the media's look at the events of the day. This Clarke/al Qaeda thing willl generate a media theory: The higher the rank of the fighter, the truer the facts. Hence, when a high level cabinet level spokesman like Condi Rice is counter-punching, the facts that Clarke is talking about must be pretty true.