Speculation on Potters' Job

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 44471

prefectmarcus:"Things we know:
 
(1)Their job [James and Lilly Potter's] is important to the story. 
(From interviews)

Agreed.  The Potters were enemies of Voldemort, actively fighting 
against him, whether it was their official "job" or not.
 
"(2)They were living as muggles when Voldemort attacked.  (From the 
scene in the movie JKR wrote.)"

I disagree. First, I believe strongly the movie isn't canonical and 
can't be used to prove anything; second, even the movie says nothing 
about it.

Oz Widgeon:"We know that the MOM has some kind of contact with 
Muggle government officials (I can't remember where I read it, but I 
know it's in GOF)"

It isn't. In the Prisoner of Azkaban, the Minister of Magic warns the 
Muggle Prime Minister of Sirius Black's escape. It's tantalizing, 
isn't it? What other forms of Muggle/wizard contact might there be, 
and how often does it happen? I'd love to be a fly on the wall when 
Tony Blair got briefed in on the existence of the magical world.

Everything we see and hear, though, points to the wizarding world 
still wanting to remain secret.