Why do you think the CFTC has the highest paid employees?(Yes, like the SEC and numerous other regulators they have lots of attorney’s, accountants and auditors.) The reason they are paid so much is because they oversee the bullion banks and coordinate and accomodate the price fixing that occurs in the derivatives markets, specifically silver manipulation.

The more you pay someone who needs to keep secrets about government activities shielded from public scrutiny, the less likely they are to reveal those secrets to the general public. https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/these-are-us-government-agencies-highest-paid-employees