Why *didn't* Dumbledore fill DADA post? (Re: Potion Master...)

[Doriane]

No: HPFGUIDX 83463

"Jen Reese" wrote:

> Unless Dumbledore wanted a Ministry offical at Hogwarts. 
> 
> Sure, it could be a plot device, to bring in Umbridge (or any MOM 
> representative) to depict the tensions between Hogwarts and the MOM 
> (i.e., Dumbledore and Fudge).
> 
> There could be more, though. It's a good idea to know your *enemy* 
> and the MOM is definitely an enemy to the Order in OOTP. Surely 
> Dumbledore, who knows the castle so well and understands the 
> protections and enchantments in place, wouldn't have any trouble 
> getting confidential MOM information from a Ministry official 
> housed in his territory.

Or maybe DD wanted the students to know what the Ministry was really 
like ? At the end of GOF, he knows the Ministry is going to fight him 
and Harry's tale, and he's probably not surprised to see all the 
attacks in the Daily Prophet. So he knows that when the kids come 
back, most of them will have been brainwashed and lectured into 
thinking that DD is barmy and Harry delusional, and that the Ministry 
knows better. What better way, then, to help the kids see the truth, 
but to let a Ministry official come to Hogwarts, turn into a tyrant, 
make herself an enemy to all students, and proove how blind the 
Ministry is to things that are going on ? Umbridge did DD a huge 
service, by pushing most students to give their trust to him rather 
than to the Ministry.

Del