Same amount of shadyness as always. It's just making more news these days.
Remember this:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4862296/
Bush and Cheney only agreed to answer questions from the 9/11 Commision if it was NOT under oath and was behind closed doors. And there were rules too. They were not allowed to record (no stenographer) the testimoney and only 2 commission members were allowed to be present, and they too were not allowed to write anything down.
Sound shady to you?