Sirius: Much Ado About Nothing

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 73456

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kiricat2001" 
<Zarleycat at a...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, A 
Featheringstonehaugh 
> <featheringstonehaugh at y...> wrote:

>> How is leaving Headquarters risking the security of the 
Order?  No  one can find Headquarters because of Dumbldore's 
acting as Secret Keeper. If anything, Sirius puts himself at risk 
when leaving, not  the Order.<<


The risk to the Order is that Harry cares more about Sirius than 
the Order, and if Sirius is captured, either by Voldemort or by the 
Ministry, Harry will go after him. Since Harry is the one hope of 
defeating Voldemort, his loss would be ruinous. 


  >>And, as someone pointed out in another thread, wouldn't  the 
neighboring Muggles have found it odd to see a bunch of people 
on  brooms land outside the building, *before* anyone thought to 
use the Putter-Outer? Seems like a slight security breach 
there.<<

 The people on brooms were protected by disillusionment 
charms. The putter-outer was just an additional security 
measure. 

> 
> And, for the Dept. of Mysteries scene, is it stated that Sirius 
> insisted on going? Or are we led to believe that from the 
>previous  discussions on how he's not supposed to leave 12 
>Grimmauld Place? 

Nice try <g>. "Professor Snape requested that Sirius remain 
behind as he needed somebody to remain at Headquarters to 
tell me what had happened, for I was due there at any moment."
--OOP ch. 37

Now I can well believe that Snape couldn't resist putting this 
request in an insulting fashion, but as Dumbledore says, Sirius 
was old enough to be above petty taunting. 

Pippin