Wizard existance to Muggle governement?

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 16722

Cristin wrote (welcome, Cristin!):

>We would, I suppose, have to then extrapolate that then most, if not 
all, of the
>important 
>world governments and organizations would be aware of the wizarding 
world.
>
>How then, do you suppose each countries respective Ministry keeps the 
gov'ts and 
>organizations quiet?  It can't just be the leader of each country.  
Past
>leaders, going back 
>quite far, would have to have known.  As well as advisors, etc.  And 
these
>individuals would 
>not have family in the Wizarding World, and so little incentive to 
keep them
>quiet.  wizards 
>would have to be going around doing memory charms constantly, IMO.
>
>Any ideas on how the relations would work?

When a new US president comes in, he's immediately briefed on all 
sorts of stuff that the previous president knew.  God only knows what 
kinds of things--it's all sorts of security briefings about things 
that I'm sure are not common knowledge even high up in the 
government:  you know, our secret plan to invade Benin, the secret 
passageway between the White House and Burger King that's hidden 
behind the portrait of Washington, that kind of thing.  (I suspect 
that all the living past presidents know who killed Kennedy.  J/K, 
sort of.)  

So I think the fact that there's a secret wizarding community and 
ministry in each country could be that kind of fact that gets passed 
on and is known only by a few advisors with very high security 
clearances.  Also, leaking it would bring very high penalties.  Leak 
who killed JFK, and your entire family will end up at the bottom of 
the East River.  Leak the fact that there's a wizarding world, and 
your entire family will be turned into three-toed sloths...

Amy Z

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