Just how negligent and incompetent were the people at the top? I doubt it would be this bad if they didn’t put Amelia Bones on leave. Rufus was a dumbarse for doing so. Citing that she needed to be with her family and her focus was elsewhere. No, she only had Susan, who was safe at Hogwarts. She was more focused than anyone else to take the fight against Voldemort. Instead, she was sidelined. Another foolish mistake made by Rufus.