Department of Mysteries

[zora_djevojka at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 15921

Stacy wrote:

>  So what is the Department of Mysteries? I'm
>guessing that at some point we'll find out, because there's this
>mention, and also a mention in FBWFT. Is it like the wizarding CIA?
>Is it a bit like the ID in Lori's PoU? And if it IS similar to the
>CIA, what will its role in the war against Voldemort be? What was it
>the first time around?

IIRC, Augustus Rookwood (sp?), one of the DE betrayed by Karkaroff (and the 
only one whose name had any value), worked for this Department.  Still, it 
seems to me that there is no particular stigma associated with 
them.  Arthur explains quite cheerfully (GoF) that nobody knows what they do.

>How much control does Fudge have over this
>particular division? Does it operate more independently than some of
>the other departments?


It would be fitting for a spy to be most successful in the organization 
that has some degree of independence within the Ministry. However, my 
impression (from the entire series) is that entire Ministry is poorly run 
and that neither Fudge nor his predecessors had much control over anything. 
It was probably transparent to Voldemort during VWI, and it was no big 
surprise (unfortunately) that Crouch's methods were welcomed by the wizard 
community. I wonder if any of Voldermort's followers had purely political 
motives (with no anti-Muggle slant), and were annoyed by the current state 
of affaires so much that they would be willing to trade it for a dictatorship.

Vlatka


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