Fidelius (Re: Chapter Discussions: Chapter 4, Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 83954

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" 
<susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:
> > Gorda:
> >It raises the question about Godric's Hollow: presumably 
Peter had 
> > told Sirius where to find the Potters, because when he finds 
> >Peter's place empty he gets a bad feeling and goes looking 
for the 
> >Potters. 
> 
> Then KathyK:
> > Just some random comments on who I think was told.  
Sirius obviously knew.  It was his idea to change to Peter, he 
was keeping and eye on  Peter, and Sirius and James would 
have wanted Sirius to be in the know.  Besides, if Peter didn't tell 
Sirius, it would have drawn suspicion to him.  
>
Sirlusly Snapey Susan
> Now me:
> I may just be being dense here [that has certainly happened 
here  before!], but I thought the whole reason for Sirius's 
suggesting  Peter as SecretKeeper was that he [Sirius] DIDN'T 
want to be in the  know.  He'd said he would have been too 
obvious a choice for that,  right?  So if Peter told Sirius *anyway*, 
then what's the point of  using Peter?  <<

It seems that people who know the secret, but aren't themselves 
the secretkeeper, can't reveal it to anybody else. Dumbledore 
says that because Kreacher is not Secret Keeper for the Order, 
he can't reveal where the headquarters is.

Judging by what Flitwick said, even if  Sirius took Voldemort right 
up to the Potters' window, Voldemort still wouldn't be able to see 
them, or even realize that they were there. Only Peter could give 
them away. But once the house was destroyed, it no longer 
exisited and the spell couldn't hide it anymore.

I would guess that Dumbledore and Sirius were both let in on 
the secret by Peter (though Dumbledore thought it was Sirius), 
but couldn't themselves reveal it to anyone else. 

Pippin