this comes from a government official. i don't know if hell has frozen over yet, but it must be at least chilly down there. but seriously, all silver investors are going to owe bart chilton a debt of gratitude:

As an investigation of the silver market by the top U.S. commodity regulator entered a third year, a member of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said today there have been “repeated attempts” to influence prices.

“There have been fraudulent efforts to persuade and deviously control that price,” said Commissioner Bart Chilton at a hearing today in Washington, alleging there have been violations of the Commodity Exchange Act. “Any such violation of the law in this regard should be prosecuted,” he said.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-10-26/silver-subject-to-price-manipulation-chilton-says.html