Voldemort's network

[butagirl at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 30108

> You also have to take into consideration what Voldie
> said when he was resurected referring to 6 Death
> Eaters, 3 dead, One too cowardly to return (Karkaroff, who we learned ran 
away when the Dark Mark appeared on his arm) 

Klawzie wrote:
<<Here's a question then:

Are we sure this wasn't just the "first shift" of Death Eaters to show up? 
There certainly seemed to be a lot of them at the World Cup. And it was 
mentioned in the book that not all Death Eaters knew each other (by name). 
Surely Lord V wouldn't be in the habit of addressing them by name in front of 
the others if he wanted them to be unaware of each other, in case of a spy.

So perhaps the group that appeared at the graveyard was a "first shift". This 
was a group that worked together and knew each other, and various key 
characters "just happened" to be in that group. (Which would explain Snape's 
'preference' for Malfoy... Lucius 'knows' that he's a Death Eater.) >>

Well, I agree with this in part. I don't believe Voldemort was seeing his DEs 
in "shifts". This seems to me to be very like a lot a of terrorist networks, 
where there a few close to the top (those Voldemort summoned), who each 
cascade information and orders down their own individual networks. The DEs at 
the bottom of the ladder will know the wizard giving them direct orders/info, 
and (unlike most terrorist networks) the one at the very top of the tree. Any 
DEs in-between those two, and also others of a similar standing to them, will 
be unknown. It would not be impossible for terrorists within the same 
organisation to live a couple of streets apart without knowing of each 
other's existence.

This is one of the most effective ways to keep secrets, and also avoids DEs 
being able to give away too much when plied with Veritaserum - if they don't 
know, they can't tell.

Sharon Brindle
"Though I am butagirl at aol.com"