Dumbledore as Secret Keeper

[KathyK]

No: HPFGUIDX 81747

Gwyneth said:

<snip> >>>The question then is why the Potters decided against 
Dumbledore as their Secret-Keeper.  
<snip>
-Simply had too much trust in their friends and their loyalty as 
well as abilities.<<<
 
Now Hayes:
 
>Good question and one I think might have to be part of the books as 
Pettigrew returns as a character.
 
Maybe it has something to do with Sirius's suspicion of Lupin as the 
spy in the order (this from Shrieking Shack scene in POA).  Maybe 
they knew Lupin was doing something with/for Dumbledore secretly (as 
yet unknown to us, as many other Lupin things are), and thought it 
was too risky to tell Dumbledore, whose mind might be read by Lupin.
 
So, the first part canon, the second pure speculation (mmm . . . 
delicious speculation).<

KathyK:

Provided Lupin is capable of reading minds, would Lupin have been 
able to get the whereabouts of the Potters out of Dumbledore's mind 
in the first place?  And if he was capable of doing so, could 
finding the information out in this way "count" as Dumbledore 
telling him?  I don't think so.  Flitwick says in PoA, 'unless, of 
course, the Secret-Keeper chooses to divulge it.  As long as the 
Secret-Keeper refused to speak...' (US paperback 205)  It sounds as 
if the secret must...Oh scratch that!  Darn my stupid, spinning 
mind.  

Let me move on to the Fidelius Charm canon from OoP where Dumbledore 
wrote down the location for Harry on a piece of paper.  Would 
someone else reading the paper know the location of the Order even 
though it was intended for Harry?  I don't see why not.  So even 
though Dumbledore may not intend for Lupin to glean the Potter's 
location from his mind, if Lupin could read minds, he'd then know 
where they were.  Speculation on Speculation give me a headache but 
is so much fun.  

>Hayes, who thinks it might be too early in the morning to attempt a 
written imitation of Homer Simpson.<

KathyK (who thinks Homer Simpson imitations work any time of day in 
any form)