He denies silver manipulation and gives some reason why it is not taking place in his opinion.

I find it rather naive that people think the gold and silver markets are not manipulated.

First of all, all markets are manipulated, that's just the natural way the world works.

Second, why would silver mining companies and bullion banks accumulate short positions as big or even bigger as the total yearly world silver production?

Third, there is a direct negative connection between the silver and gold bullion price and the paper market in gold and silver, although in the gold market the paper boys are losing out these days, it seems.

It seems that Fleckenstein doesn't understand that gold and silver are understood by banksters and governments to be money. Money they want to control and smash because that makes their fiat money the only reasonable choice ... And the stakes are huge, extremley huge.

But these lousy politicians and banksters will fail because eternal nature is simply much, much stronger. There is only some "time" between their wrongdoing and the tragical effects of this wrongdoing.