The Half-Hour Chat with Fudge

[kiricat2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 71595


Or, how much does Dumbledore reveal?  Towards the end of Chapter 36, 
after the battle in the Dept. of Mysteries, Dumbledore tells a 
shocked Fudge that he will give him half an hour to tell Fudge the 
major points of what has happened.

Exactly how much information do you think Dumbledore tells Fudge? 
Does Fudge already know about the Prophecy? Or will this be news to 
him? Will Dumbledore reveal the existence of the Order of the 
Phoenix, and, if so, will he mention the names of those MoM employees 
who are part of the group?  Will he tell Fudge about Sirius going 
through the veil, and also make a pitch for clearing his name?

And a related question - does the Order remain in existence now that 
the MoM has publicly come around to recognizing that Voldemort is 
back?  My opinion on that is, yes, it does, if for no other reason 
than that the bureaucratic apparatus of the Ministry does not always 
seem to focus on things of vital importance.  Also, while there are 
Order members in the Ministry, there are probably Voldemort 
supporters there as well.  I do see the Order continuing as a sort of 
intelligence-gathering operation that will funnel that information to 
people in the Ministry who can act on it appropriately.

Any thoughts?

Marianne