<strong>Headmaster Cingriffin</strong><br/><br/>Thomas leaned back in his chair and steepled his fingers, lost in thought for a short time.  He had to recall the last serious attempt by the Ministry.  It was after the Voldemort years, they hadn't bothered much with the Academy during his first reign of terror.  And Hogwarts drew too much of their attention, along with Death Eater escapees, during his second rise.<br/><br/>"The last notable attempt," he finally said, "was after the second time You-Know-Who was defeated, of course.  A few years after, in fact.  We heard about it in time thanks to our secret graduates in the Ministry.  There are even a couple in Mr. Potter's auror department . . . but I digress.  They tried sending one Ms. Skeeter, a previously unregistered animagus as I'm told, through major towns along the coast to seek us out.  Apparently she'd get amnesty for her illegal animagus enchantment in return."<br/><br/>Which just showed that hunting the school wasn't exactly high on the Ministry's list of priorities.  As far as he was concerned the reporter's transgression was fairly minor.  At least she hadn't killed anyone, overthrown the government, or worked for Death Eaters.