Apparating into the Ministry...

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 93644

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "catherinemckiernan"
<catherinemck at h...> wrote:

Catherine McK: 
> I agree with Carol that the DE's themselves did not enter the 
> Ministry until the last moment (what on earth did they tell the 
> telephone kiosk? Can you imagine the badges -  "Bellatrix
> Lestrange, 
> Escaped Death Eater, Burglary Mission").

Annemehr:
That would have been funny, but I'm sure they just apparated into the
atrium.  I'll even go so far as to assert that Lucius Malfoy *always*
apparated into the atrium on the occaisions when he was visiting
Fudge, because he'd *never* lower himself to use the visitors'
entrance.  Anyway, we know all the DEs can apparate, because that's
what they have to do when their Dark Marks burn.


> 
> As for the lack of the Imperius Curse, I'd never thought of it 
> before, but it does seem  a pretty obvious action for them to miss. 
> They don't even need to curse each child; just Harry.

Annemehr:
You probably never thought of it before because in the back of your
mind you remembered that Harry threw off Voldemort's Imperius curse in
the graveyard, so the DEs would know they couldn't use it on him, at
least.

As for why they didn't try violence on the other kids earlier than
they did, perhaps they were under orders to try persuasion and
intimidation first, and use threats and actual violence only as less
drastic measures failed, for fear of inciting an orb-smashing incident
(which in fact did happen during the course of a violent fight).

Annemehr
who will try to make time soon to reread the DoM part from the point
of view that Malfoy did not really intend to get the prophecy for
Voldemort, as Catherine suggests