maybe hell froze over, but the cftc has invited ted butler to speak. this will be a private, closed-door session, not thursday's televised meeting. i think it would have been too much to expect them to invite him to a public forum. he mentioned it in his weekly radio report:

http://www.kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/Broadcast_Gold+/Entries/2010/3/20_Ted_Butler_on_the_Metals_Market.html