I have recently become intimately familiar with that record. Sounds to me like they probably got done tracking the drums, went to a new set of tracks, and then overdubbed the part. They probably liked the sound of the ambient mics more than the close ones. It still sounds to me like there are close mics involved, but they are just not prominent in the drum mix. I can't imagine that they got all scientific about it. It's probably one of those things that just "happened". You could try all day long to recreate that sound or you could come up with something cool on your own.
But, what the hell do I know? I've been wrong about a lot of things in my life.
-Aaron