Proudfoot's headache has been unrelenting for weeks now, but knew to stick to his duty. He couldn't let Scrimgeour down, not after he authorized the sleeper program to take out the Death Eaters. The Ministry has been taken over by You-Know-Who and Undesirable Number One. It was muddled, because he was to protect Harry if possible, but he was also the enemy now. They all are traitors. Even Kingsley is working for him now. He was under disguise, outside of his department, and he had his list of known Death Eaters and sympathizers that had to be taken out.