George Ure comments ...

Not to sound too conspiratorial here, but now that 'terror' alerts are high (and I expect them to be publicly raised before October 7th -October 2 or 3 when the shorting rules come off would be timely ), one can sit back with a cup of coffee and wonder about whether the recent 'sudden' changes in short-selling rules both here in the US and in the UK will not somehow figure into events yet to come.

A commentary by Bill Cara this morning says "SEC will ban short selling: America's Leaders break down".

Recall that immediately prior to the attack on 9/11, the SEC was reported to have a huge investigation of naked short-selling underway and that key records disappeared in the events of that day.