Shackleboth (was: Sirius, Hagrid and the Motorbike

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

No: HPFGUIDX 69978

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "snosageau" <snosageau at h...> 
wrote:

> The motorbike's got to be hidden away safely somewhere. In OoP 
> (p121 Aus ed) Kingsley asks Arthur Weasly to find out info about 
> Muggle vehicles because there have been sightings of Sirius using 
> it. And, yes, I realise Kingsley's job is to feed false info about 
> Sirius (how LUCKY is Sirius anyway that the "agent" in charge of
> his case just happens to be in the Order?) but surely if everyone
> knew where it was he couldn't use it as false information.

repeat:
<< (how LUCKY is Sirius anyway that the "agent" in charge of his case 
just happens to be in the Order?) >>

Is the Chief of Aurors a member of the Order? Is the current Minister 
of Magical Law Enforcement a member of the Order? Dumbledore has more 
allies inside the Ministry than just Arthur, and people who were 
Aurors in the previous Voldemort years (and closely remember that 
struggle) might have more faith in him than Fudge does. A Dumbledore 
-supporting Minister of Magical Law Enforcement would have a tight 
line to walk to avoid being fired by Fudge, who playing fast and 
loose with the law, at least in Harry's trial.