offbeat - and must have been discussed to the pulp before too..

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No: HPFGUIDX 144977

Okay, agreed that Dumbledore controls the security..... doesn't 
that also point out to the fact that even with the same strict 
security in place, animagus or not, Sirius still had access to 
the castle. Agreed that he was an animagus, but wouldn't the 
security system still inform DD that a stray dog is in the 
grounds ... a "new" creature on the grounds??? 

Then again, Sirius has access to the fires! It would be so much 
more easier for the DEs to Imperius the person who patrols the 
fires and make that person set up connection with the Hogwarts 
fires ..? No? Like HP, RW and GW were able to floo to Hogwarts 
due to special setup, the DEs could have got it done through 
Imperius curse!!! Draco had just to use the same type of coins 
to communicate with the other DEs .. no? Or better still -- use 
the floo network to transport his head to Borgin's and call the 
other DEs...?? 

What I am trying to say is that, Rowling has introduced us to 
all other possible ways of entry into Hogwarts ... and it could 
have been just done in a much simpler way. Why should Draco be 
made to go to so much trouble to accomplish his task? When it 
was sooooooo easy for an underage wizard like Draco to put an 
Imperius curse on Rosmerta, why couldn't it be done by the other 
DEs? There are so many easier options, and she goes and makes 
Draco choose the most difficult one. 

About Draco not knowing when to communicate to the other DEs 
and going through the vanishing cabinet to get the others -- 
does it mean that the other DEs were just sitting there at 
Borgin's waiting for him to come and fetch them? Doesn't THAT 
remain unconvincing?? :) I mean - DD controls the coming into 
and going out of Hogwarts. Then how could a DE setup a portkey 
to some place OUT of Hogwarts? And how come DD didn't even get 
a warning that his security system was breached? 

There are just tooooo many loop holes there! And I still feel 
JKR SHOULD let us know answer to these too ... besides all the 
other questions she has promised to answer in book 7! .. :( 

:) Thanks for all the wonderful answers ... :) I love 
responses......

Be safe all...
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