"Well, he's exactly what the ministry would want." Snape couldn't say he cared for his approach or his motives. He respects the man for getting what he wanted but that was about it - he had no love for the ministry. "Personally, I've never gotten a man who derides cruel criminals and then acts as one himself."

He heard about the man's methods from his friends, he knew what that sort got up to. They were hard on crime to the point of approving torture. Extreme methods for extreme times, he supposed.

"I prefer men who own their darkness, not hide or disguise it."