(un)masking the DEs

[Tammy]

No: HPFGUIDX 120666


Lucy wrote:
> 
> Hello, I'm new here.
>  
> I want to comment on the idea of the Death Eaters not all knowing
each other.  In modern terrorist groups like Al Quaada (sp?) the
members don't all know each other or what other cells of the group are
doing.   That way if any are caught and interrogated they can tell
only about themselves and the people in their immediate group.  Since
the Death Eaters are essentially a terrorist organization themselves,
it would be logical for Voldemort to have arranged the group the same
way.  However, it makes one wonder just why he revealed the people he
did.  In the case of Bellatrix everyone knew she was a DE; there was
no need to hide it.  But why did he address Malfoy?  Was it because he
wanted to make him vulnerable when he was too powerful for LV to
attack openly?

Tammy:
This is how I imagine it sort of works: Voldemort probably has an
"inner circle" of DEs, ones that are all known to each other - for
example the ones that went to the DOM. Then there are probably the
lower level DEs, known to the higher level, but not to each other.
Then he probably has his spies, known to no-one, or perhaps to a few
of the inner circle (such as Wormtail in VW1).

-Tammy