"I'm sure it would not be very good for foreign relations policy. Indeed, it can be seen to be rather... insular."
Rodolphus managed a half smile at Rabastan's suggestion. "And who says we can't use the bitch to our own advantage? It seems she's already putting the wind up the Order, and her own Ministerial staff. Why not just sit back and see the fallout from her own internal coup, and who are their main mutineers?" Why did they need to get involved if their opponents were likely to implode on their own?
"But we do need a way to gather our information." He was already mulling over one idea, but it would be risky for some of their minions.
"We actually have a very... ripe... source of information sitting right in the middle of Hogsmeade."