Goodness, she's landed herself right in the middle of things and no mistake. That does seem to be a talent of hers.

'What sorts of shady things?' she asks, and if the Doctor imagines he can hear a certain amount of eagerness in her voice, he wouldn't be mistaken. It's not that she's glad, exactly, that there might some kind of clandestine supra-governmental conspiracy going on, but it does sound terribly interesting.