The Vatican released all records from the 30s and 40s pertaining to WWII and the Jews in Italy and Europe, but some members of the committee demanded that ALL records be made available, regardless of age or relevance. Obviously that presents severe problems to have people looking through medical records, criminal investigations, and personal information having nothing to do with the issue at hand.
Even legal proceedings require relevance, you can't just go on a fishing expedition hoping to find stuff.
Anyhow, the fact that 2 members of the committee made public statements prejudging the cause and then scuttled the entire process (and then later resigned) militates against this being a scholarly committee. In fact, it smells of a setup.
Just because people happen to be faculty at a college doesn't make them scholars or prevent them from having an axe to grind (just look at the Duke 88, if you can bear it.)
Your example is invalid, both because the committee reached no conclusion and because at least some members prejudged the cause.
Click here to review the issues involved with the suspension of the committee and Cardinal Keeler's statement.
And click here to review the preliminary report, including the 47 questions which require additional documentation.