Hermione the Blackmailer

[Tanya]

No: HPFGUIDX 48019

(Newbie posting - hoping I've got the hang of it)

I can't help but think that Hermione 'blackmailing' Skeeter is a dreadful
mistake on Hermione's part. Namely because of the important and potentially
dangerous information Skeeter is now in the posession of (Sirius Black, for
example). And the fact that Draco now knows that Skeeter was a 'fly on the
wall' during some very important conversations. I daresay the Malfoy's would
find some of that information useful? Does Hermione understand the
potentially calamitous consequences of releasing Skeeter with this
information?  She's been accused of meddling in things that she shouldn't
(see below), so is this the one that backfires?

By Snape: "Keep quiet you stupid girl. Don't talk about what you don't
understand."
And Skeeter: "Sit down, you silly little girl and don't talk about things
you don't understand."


-probono