Did voldemort mean to allow the DEs to be captured?

[thesuddenstrike]

No: HPFGUIDX 86627

Something that struck me as odd about OOP was the suspicouly easy 
defeat of a group of adult, experienced, evil death eaters by a group 
of school children, who, with the possible exception of harry, don't 
have anything like as much power.  So I started to wonder, could 
Voldemort have planned it on purpose?

He gets rid of the ambitous and cunning L. Malfoy and the incredibuly 
stupid Crabbe and Goyle Senior.  Further, it places the Malfoy 
fortune into the hands of a voldemort worshipper (draco), who lacks 
the brains to be a threat and has the hatred of Harry to support 
Voldemort without asking questions.  

On a different note, a few death eaters in the new wizard prison or 
Hogwarts could be very useful when voldemort attacks. 

Thoughts?

Chris