Corruption in the MoM

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 154651

Tonks wrote:
> > As you may know I think the Bones murder by LV was because Amelia
> suspected the corruption in her own department and higher.
> >
> <snip>
> 
PP responded:
> Hey..surely there must be serious corruption in MOM...
> But about the Bones murder, I think SS took the credit for it while
> convincing Bellatrix about his loyalty to LV ..

Carol notes:
A small correction here. Voldemort himself killed Amelia Bones. Snape
takes credit for providing information on fellow Order member Emmeline
Vance (not for killing her or taking part in the killing)--probably,
as you say, to convince Bellatrix of his loyalty. 

Of course as a double agent he had to provide information to maintain
his credibility with Voldemort, and there was always the risk that
such information would be used against an Order member. However, given
that Snape constantly provides Dumbledore with information (on Harry's
dreams of Voldemort, his own and Karkaroff's Dark Marks, and LV;s
displeasure over Lucius Malfoy's diary blunder, for starters), it
seems likely that he either informed DD of the information he had
provided to LV or arranged with him in advance exactly which
information to provide.

Also, as I've pointed out in several posts, he also claims to have
provided information leading to Sirius Black's death when we know that
others (Kreacher and Wormtail) provided more crucial information, and
since Snape can't reveal the location of Order HQ and Black was
supposed to remain there, his claim to having a hand in Black's death
is greatly exaggerated. I suspect that his claim regarding Vance's
death is similarly suspect: yes, he provided information on her, but
not enough to lead directly to her death.

But, to return to my original point, he makes no such claim regarding
Amelia Bones, who was not AFAWK an Order member but a Ministry
official, one of the few we know of who seems to be above corruption.
That in itself would be a reason for Voldemort's wanting her dead, and
her apparently formidable powers were his reason for doing it himself.

Carol, agreeing with Tonks that LV killed the formidable Madam Bones
dead by his own hand because she was incorruptible and possibly
because she was attempting to weed out corruption in the Department of
Magical Law Enforcement