Dumbledore and Sirius' guilt (Was: Clearing Sirius/ Dumbledore's gleam)

[uncmark]

No: HPFGUIDX 36270

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., 
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "jklb66" <jklb66 at y...> wrote:
> > 
> > Dumbledore can't testify for Sirius because he doesn't have any 
> > first hand knowledge of Sirius's innocence.  All he could say 
> > is, "Sirius told me he is innocent, and I believed him."  

"kiricat2001" <Zarleycat at a...> wrote:
> We know that Dumbledore believed that Sirius was the Potters' 
> Secret Keeper.  He told the MOM that was the case once Sirius was 
> in custody after the confrontation with Pettigrew.  
> 
> What I wonder is this:  Did Dumbledore believe the (admittedly)
> overwhelming evidence of Sirius' guilt and write him off as the 
> worst kind of traitor? ...And, if that was the case, why does  
> Dumbledore suddenly believe him in PoA?  He has no more 
> concrete evidence - he hasn't seen Pettigrew, he hears Snape's 
> version of events, and Remus is not available to offer any 
> explanations.  All he has to go on are the observations of Harry 
> and Hermione and whatever Sirius told him while being held in 
> Flitwick's  office. Is it Harry/Hermione's explanation that 
convinces Dumbledore? 

He also has 150+ years of experience, plus the pensieve, and no doubt 
an undisclosed arsenal of magical artifacts to find the truth.

I'm convinced that Dumbledore would have used the pensieve to examine 
his own memories of the time. I'm also convinced that he is not 
fooled by invisibility cloaks and probably keeps the HRH under some 
sort of magical surveillance (and probably many others at Hogwart's)

I'm guessing he knew Sirius was hiding in the Shrieking Shack, but 
knew their was more to the story as Sirius was not acting like a Dark 
Wizard after Harry. 

After Pettigrew and Rita Skeeter, I'm wondering if he's developing an 
Animagus tracker.

Uncmark