Ted Butler: Madman across the water

3:27p PT Monday, January 26, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Silver market analyst Ted Butler reports that the concentration of the short position in silver on the New York Commodities Exchange has intensified and he proposes that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission conduct its investigation of the silver market in public. Butler's new commentary is headlined "Madman Across the Water" and you can find it at GoldSeek's companion site, SilverSeek, here:

http://news.silverseek.com/TedButler/1232994713.php

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.

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