They’re acting like the target of a scandal,

They’re acting like the target of a scandal,

This whole scandal is incredible given the scope of collusion that has to be involved.

This whole scandal is incredible given the scope of collusion that has to be involved. Even if it's a minor error or data was exaggerated to get the research to market, it's still likely that this will turn out to be not just a bad apple, but a poisoned apple.

I do think it's Katrina fallout,

Just watched Bush's intro, followed by the Leahy / Schumer response. Bush was smirking; he thinks he's got it in the bag. More significantly, perhaps, Leahy and Schumer looked pretty flat; they seemed to be going through the motions; I don't think they believe they can stop him. That could change of course, but it's certainly how it looks now.