This is well worth the read[above and below]:
Interview with Charles Savoie on TPTB of Silver Manipulation
Originally appeared as http://www.bullionbullscanada.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22976:interview-with-charles-savoie&catid=49:silver-commentary&Itemid=130
In the relatively short number of years in which I have been researching and writing about the silver market, I have benefited greatly from the work (and the wisdom) of a number of “pioneers” to the precious metals sector. With respect to silver in particular, the two people who have done the most to educate me, and shape my views on the silver market are Ted Butler and Charles Savoie. Thus it is with great pleasure that I present this written interview with Charles Savoie.
Charles is a private researcher/historian who has invested a considerable amount of time and effort in compiling a vast body of research which he has titled “The Silver Stealers”. His chronology originally dealt primarily with events taking place in the 19th and early-20th century. However, he has since updated and expanded upon that initial chronology to include further events (and the individuals behind those events) right up to the present day. He links a relatively small but extremely powerful group of individuals (and often their descendants) together through two common “threads”: their propensity for actions which were extremely detrimental to the silver market and/or the holders of silver; and their membership in a little-known organization which they have called “The Pilgrims”.
The rest can be read here:
http://blog.ml-implode.com/2011/11/interview-with-charles-savoie-on-tptb-of-silver-manipulation/
well, that is some interesting stuff!