DE names

[Jim Ferer <jferer@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 48904

Cheryl:"I suspect that Voldemort was publicly giving out the names of
those DEs who got off by claiming to have been Imperio'd. We know,
from other comments, that Lucius Malfoy claimed to have been, as well
as many others. I think LV called them by name to keep them from
making that claim again. They would not have come if they'd only
obeyed him due to Imperio."

A fair point, and likely enough.  You could also say that since the
DE's had come forward thirteen years ago to save themselves their
covers are all "blown" anyway, so further secrecy is irrelevant.

Herein lies a plot seed that JKR may or may not use.  If Voldemort
recruited new DE's, would he tell the others? Maybe not, and it could
leave lesser lights like Crabbe and Goyle to be cannon fodder for a
new generation of Aurors while the recruits work in renewed secrecy.