Did voldemort mean to allow the DEs to be captured?

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 86927


> Jen R:
<snip>
> And if the DE's are so 
> competent they managed to raid the MOM alone and overthrow security 
> measures, then I find it hard to believe they couldn't handle the 
> kids.
> 
> Jen, certain Lucius is up to something fishy but can only speculate 
> as to what that might be...

Annemehr:

Okay, I have to jump in!

This thread is going to a lot of interesting places, and will not
really be affected by what I am about to type, but the thread began on
an inaccuracy.

The DEs could handle the kids.  They had the kids beat, with only two
of their own out of the action, and Harry was just about to hand the
prophecy orb to Malfoy when five Order members came bursting in.

Then the Order members were having quite a hard time of it when
Dumbledore arrived.  *He's* the one who beat the remaining DEs and got
them sent to Azkaban.

None of this puts a damper on all the interesting Lucius Malfoy
speculation, though, so --  carry on!  ;-)

Annemehr
who has written up quite a bit about what were and were not the
mistakes of LV and hopes to post on that someday soon