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Treasury claims power to seize gold, silver -- and everything else

Section: Documentation

2:30p ET Friday, June 25, 2010

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Because of recent inquiries to GATA about the possibility of an attempt by the U.S. Government to confiscate privately held gold and silver bullion and coins and shares in companies mining the precious metals, we're republishing here the correspondence between GATA and the U.S. Treasury Department on the subject in 2005.

Reg Howe: Gold derivatives -- GLD and ass backwardation

Section: Documentation

9:30p ET Monday, May 24, 2010

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Analyzing the semi-annual report on gold derivatives published by the Bank for International Settlements, Golden Sextant Internet site proprietor Reg Howe finds evidence that the gold exchange-traded fund, GLD, has replaced direct central bank gold sales and leases as a major mechanism for gold price suppression.

Howe writes:

Paul Mylchreest sees GATA winning 'The Third Gold War'

Section: Documentation

8:48a ET Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

Are leading precious metals ETFs based on undisclosed conflict of interest?

Section: Documentation

6:25p ET Monday, May 3, 2010

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

More advocacy by Obama's top economist for sneaky market rigging

Section: Documentation

12:20p ET Saturday, March 27, 2010

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Adrian Douglas: More Fed minutes document gold market manipulation

Section: Documentation

By Adrian Douglas
Sunday, March 14, 2010

The Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets eight times per year to discuss and set interest rate policy. The minutes of these meetings are not released for five years. This ensures that few people will ever read them. Furthermore, the minutes are heavily redacted and edited.

Adrian Douglas: CFTC admits hiding info exposing market manipulation

Section: Documentation

By Adrian Douglas
Saturday, February 20, 2010

Recently while reviewing the bank participation reports (BPR) released each month by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading commission I noticed that, since November 2009, in silver and in some other commodities the CFTC has stopped listing the number of banks that hold positions.

Adrian Douglas: The forensic clues of a manipulated market

Section: Documentation

9p ET Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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