Responses of note.
Lily Potter
Rufus Scrimgeour
Iona Cornfoot
Alastor Moody
Edgar Bones
Fabian Prewett

And to a lesser degree, Emmeline Warrington.

Potter, Prewett, Bones, Scrimgeour and Moody have been thorns in our sides long enough. I am open to any and all, preferably successful ways to take care of these mouthpieces.

Considering the favourite round I hear against the Death Eaters is that we paint Muggleborns and Muggles with one brush, we look down on those who are not like us, etc, I am finding this newest trend of journal entries quite fascinating and rather hypocritical - at best. If you are truly espousing a world where everyone must be created and therefore treated equally, then that does mean everyone, not merely the people who agree with you, or applaud your self-important tirades. Thus, they undo their own arguments with their own brush, and I find myself unimpressed and yet, unsurprised.

Townsley - it seems her husband is the hitwizard Podmore. Perhaps that family ought to be moved up in our list as well.

Additionally, I tire of talk. We hit McKinnon and Robards through the Quidditch match. And as Bones has encouraged this impromptu round of 'here is my story of how I am so jealous of everyone who has not made my poor choices and yet has a better life than I do' I believe it is time to cease mere discussion and begin movement.

I want to know where that man goes, I want to know who his friends are, what his strengths are and what his weaknesses are, I want to know how many times he uses the toilet during the day.

Am I completely alone in feeling that it is time something be done?

You have all seen Augustus' ward regarding young Mr Crouch.

I should hope it is self-evident that no one is to do anything to draw attention to themselves, but in case it is not, consider this your reminder.

Names.

And dates. And anything that has been discussed outside of Inner Circle wards.

I suppose it is time to ensure that every alibi is air tight.

We have the potential for a serious problem. The largest of which is that Barty is aware of names. I should like to think that the young man is serious in his devotion to the Dark Lod and his cause, and I have, I confess, never been given reason to suspect otherwise, but I believe if we are to be safe, we must assume that he may be cracked.

Outside of names, he knows that we were monitoring the senior Aurors and DMLE - and of course anything that has been spoken of outside of Inner Circle wards.

I believe Caracatus is correct that we can do little more than monitor the situation, but I wonder if we ought not say something to the ranks as Augustus warded to them all. I should hate to see one of them do something stupid, out of fear or uncertainty.

In the meantime, I suggest that we tighten how we give orders to our Outer Circle. In other words, they know only what they need to know - we trust our own devotion to the dark Lord, yes, but there are some among our outer ranks that I would not trust so willingly. If the know only what they are involved with, they can share less, should it come to it.

I also, more than ever, should like to see Bones brought to his knees. And perhaps Longbottom too, while we are at it.

Apparently the Inner Circle will be meeting this morning. This coming on the heals of my conversation with the Dark Lord proves only that what I was saying was true. The younger generation has no comprehension of the seriousness of the duties that they are requested to perform and we must impress it upon them.

Avery is Xavier's son; he is not some halfblood prodigy like Snape but rather the son of one of his Inner Circle. We should not be required to have these conversations.

Perhaps I am too dire. After all, this is the DMLE and their information and informants may be less than trustworthy. But Gavin has too much information and could compromise too many. This cannot be taken lightly.

Barty: Take care of Gavin Avery. Be careful and clean - nothing should point back to you.

The Corners will also need to be taken care of. Once again, this should be done carefully and cleanly. I do not wish to see any more arrests this week. If you think you can do the job, convince me below.

An absolute waste. The only thing that can be said for the situation is that at least she did not marry a flat out Muggle. Still, there is absolutely no one to care whether a Muggleborn family line continues - and yet the Nott family line continues without an heir. Too many pureblood Wizarding family names die out and mine will not be among them. But if Lucia cannot give me a son I do not know what the answer is.

My father would consider me a failure, but it has not been for lack of the attempt although that would make no difference to him although that does not solve the problem at hand.

The Library being closed is going to put a stop in my research for a bit - perhaps I should look at the preliminary material for the next book. I hate to do that, but without access to certain collections - assuming they were not obliterated in the Lestranges' haste to destroy everything not related to the shield - it will be difficult to continue working on my current project. Thus, it makes sense to begin briefly on the next.

And Lucius' thoughts are good. I believe he will be pleased by the ideas.

We wear our masks for a reason. The day will come when we will be able to state our goals and missions publicly. When He is triumphant and our world is a place of peace, purity and prosperity.

In the meantime, discretion is essential. We do not wish the entirety of the Wizarding World knowing our identities, but more importantly, we do not wish the DMLE who consider us a threat to their power knowing our identities. When you are given a mission for the Dark Lord, you are to carry it out well and accurately, yes, but you are also to leave only the marks he wishes to have left. If you cannot accomplish this, or if your identities are in some way compromised that will be noted.

Any questions?