Because of the redirection $SHELL thinks you are only sudo-ing 'echo 4'.
Try an sudo -s and then do it. However it is a pain to do so everytime.

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Why isn't thinkpad-brightness-down.sh used for Lenovo thinkpads?
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/161745
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