Barty -- as Lucius already knows, apparently portkey coordinates all got hopelessly scrambled by the work Tosha did last week. (I told that miserable woman personally what needed to be done; I don't know whether she's lazy, incompetent, or quietly disloyal. She is, in fact, an O'Connor -- though not closely related to Kathleen. Nonetheless. Irish.)

It's being handled. But. I had an idea. We've discussed a few times the problem of unregistered portkeys -- there are quite a few, they're a security risk, etc. Apparently it would be quite a lot easier to redirect all existing portkeys to a single location than to properly fix them. What do you say to the idea of directing them all to some secure location at MLE's HQ?

Naturally, new (registered!) portkeys would be issued for all legitimate purposes.

This would be more than a little inconvenient for you; it would flood your net with plankton, I think, for the most part. You'd have to sort through them all. Still -- thoughts? We could also just direct everyone to some safe and neutral location, but the prospect of netting a few actual troublemakers is a tempting one.

And please let me know what you determine about the O'Connor woman.