Another LV Blunder - was Fudge is a DE

[David]

No: HPFGUIDX 79065

Jim Ferer wrote:

> There was never a need to stage the Azkaban breakouts.  With the
> Dementors on his side, Voldemort should have continued to operate
> Azkaban as his base.  So, if a DE is captured and brought to 
Azkaban,
> the Dementors are waiting to lead him away.  If that moron Fudge 
shows
> up for an inspection tour, he finds the Lestranges in their cells –
> and nobody is the wiser.

I think this depends on whether the DEs need to get away from 
Azkaban to recover, and the related question of the extent of the 
Dementors' allegience to Voldemort.  I envisage Azkaban as a small 
island, where it's impossible to escape the presence of the 
Dementors, and where the Dementors cannot be relied upon to leave 
the DEs in peace to plot and apparate (indeed, undetected apparation 
may not be possible).

If Voldemort wants an active, healthy, force, it probably means in 
practice that a breakout is necessary.

David