obstruction of justice

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 44804

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "brainattic" <brainattic at y...> wrote:
> According to the Lexicon, Riddle murdered his father's family during 
> the summer vacation before his seventh year. Why wasn't he caught by 
> the Ministry for violating the Decree for the Restriction of Underage 
> Wizardry? Also, since they seem to be able to pinpoint your exact 
> location and what kind of spell you did, shouldn't they have known 
> that he perfomed the Avada Kedavra Curse? 
> Of course, the whole thing having happened during WWII(early 1940's), 
> it's possible they were quite distracted at the time. 
> 
> "Brain attic"

bboy_mn:
There seems to be a school of thought that the Ministry is keeping an
espicially close eye on Harry's house. Any sign of magic on Privet
Drive could be a sign that Voldemort had tracked Harry down, and they
would need to respond right away. 

Since Fred and George are performing magic all the time, I seriously
doubt that everyone gets that same level of surveillance. 

If they sensed all magic in progress, I would think the Ministry would
be so overloaded with input that they would be overwhelmed. So it
doesn't seem reasonable that the Ministry monitors all magic
everywhere all the time. I think Harry is a special case and that's
why they detect things so quickly. 

Although, I can't help being curious about how they are monitoring
him. Maybe we will eventually find out.

bboy_mn