The probe is separate from SEC's investigations, already under way, into alleged intentional manipulation of securities prices through "rumor-mongering and abusive short selling," the agency said in a statement.http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080713/ap_on_bi_ge/sec_probe;_ylt=Ai3oeFQxXSnDG1MjVkA1_3Ws0NUE For Short Sellers, It Doesn’t Get Much Better http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/11/business/11winners.html?ref=todayspaper The next bubble will be people trying to cover their short sells and unable to do it. new name for wall street swindlers, Vulture capitolists. short of making it illegal to ask anyones opinion like T Boone Pickens outlook for oil prices, what can the government do without violating peoples right to free speech ? will Bubba go to jail because he posted on the internet JB Hunt is good to drive for an a investigation turns up he owns stock in them threw the employee stock purchase program and his 8.2 shares went up a penny each within days of his comment on the internet.