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In a report published yesterday, GATA made the world aware of whistleblower Andrew Maguire, leading to lawsuits against JPMorgan and HSBC accusing them of illegally colluding to manipulate the silver market. Maguire had warned the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission of manipulations to suppress the price of silver, but the CFTC had taken no action, so Maguire turned to GATA.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Gets Warm Hill Welcome from Senators Flooded with Millions in Wall St. Donations - Protesters confronted JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on Wednesday as he testified on Capitol Hill about how his bank lost up to $3 billion in risky bets. Lawmakers, however, gave a warmer greeting to the man described as Washington’s favorite banker. JPMorgan spent $7.6 million on lobbying last year, and Dimon has a long record of contributing campaign donations to lawmakers on the Senate Banking Committee.

To get to the bottom of the Silver Price Suppression fiasco we contacted Ron Hera, a close friend of the Silver Circle team. Ron is the founder of Hera Research, LLC, and the principal author of its newsletter. He’s an outspoken advocate of the free market, and Austrian economics. He holds a master’s degree from Stanford University and is a member of Mensa and of the Ludwig von Mises Institute. His articles provide deeply researched analysis to help investors in commodities and precious metals. So, of course we went to him for answers about silver price manipulation.

JPMorgan Chase donated an unprecedented $4.6 million to the New York City Police Foundation, in the form of 1,000 new patrol car laptops, security monitoring software in the NYPD’s main data center, other technology resources, and funding. The gift was the largest in the history of the foundation and will enable the New York City Police Department to strengthen security in the Big Apple.

Kitco.com is a website that facilitates the buying and selling of precious metals such as silver, gold and even platinum. The exchange of precious metals is not usually on most people’s radars unless they’re buying jewelry. Yet it’s important to remember that the value of these raw materials extends far beyond their status. The Canadian company was founded in 1977 by Bart Kitner, initially operated from his apartment. Today Kitco has offices in Montreal and New York, as well as a significant Internet foot print.

This is BIG!

Andrew MacGuire, a bona fide UK Metals Trader has blown the whistle on the long suspected silver & gold market manipulation and fraud by proving to CFTC how it is done. CFTC stone walled him, however, Andrew has gone public and released his information, the fuse has been lit.

If you have not gotten silver yet, I urge you to consider obtaining it now before the price lid blows off.

www.Silverbarter.com is a great resource for someone who wants to know more about silver.

In the town of Braintree Massachusetts you must be 21 years old to sell precious metals to a dealer and the dealer must wait 30 days before selling acquired precious metals to a refinery. Do they realize how much the price can swing in 30 days? Not to mention the use of gold and silver is specifically authorized in the Constitution, which I would agree is a worthless piece of paper.

The FBI has launched a criminal probe into a January incident where Tennessee police stripped a man naked, then kicked, tased, and beat him with a baton while he lay handcuffed in the snow.

Are precious metals really a good protection of wealth in a hyperinflationary and taxed regime? Does an "inflation tax" wipe out most of the gains one could stand to make by investing in precious metals while a currency collapses? Are additional strategies required to realize appropriate gains from metals speculation?