Is there a Major Flaw in OOP?

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 70478

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "flussbiber" <flussbiber at y...> 
wrote:
 
> 
> So ...
> Question number 1:
> Why is there no security in the ministry - either from officials or 
> from the Order?

>From officials: This is easy, IMO. They don't believe Voldemort is 
back, so they don't see any reason to guard the prophecy.

About the order: This is more difficult. In fact, I have not the 
slightest idea.
> 
> which leads to question number 2:
> Why did Voldemort not just go there, unseen and pick up the 
prophecy?

Maybe he just wants to get sure. Even if it is likely, that nobody 
sees him, it is safer to send Harry. Of course in the end he appeared 
anyway.
> 
> Question number 3:
> Why did Snape need several hours to get worried enough to alarm the 
> other members of the Order? Also, didn't Sirius get suspicious when 
> Snape checked on him?
> 

Is there any canon that confirmed, that Snape needed several hours? I 
know for sure, that it was mentioned in OOTP, that the Thestrals are
pretty fast, so the flight to London might not have taken very long.

Anyway: Snape went first to see if Sirius is okay. I assume Sirius 
thinks that Snape will inform Harry at once, that's why he might not 
have been to worried (although we don't know, he might have been very 
well worried and suspicious). Than Snape found out, that Harry and 
the others are gone. But because Umbridge is with them, he doesn't 
think that they were on the way to the ministry. He only grew 
suspicious, when they didn't return. I have no problems with this 
point.

Hickengruendler