Peter, Sirius and Secret Keeping (was: Re: Dumbledore's Spies)

[napnoy2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 81844

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "grindieloe" <andie at k...> wrote:
> I've also always wondered regarding this topic why Dumbledore 
doesn't 
> have some reaction when Hagrid brings Harry to Privet Drive on 
> Sirius' motorcycle.  Didn't Dumbledore believe at that time that 
> Sirius was the Secret Keeper?  Because if he had known that they 
> changed secret keepers, he would have known all along that Sirius 
was 
> innocent and PoA would have been a whole different story.
> 
> I apologize ahead of time, as I know I might have asked this before 
> and can't remember the answers I received... yet I can't find it in 
> the archives.  Thus, I ask yet again.
> 
> grindieloe


Hello

I've read this discussion in confusion - many valid points are raised 
that make me question a subject I thought was clearcut.  (Although 
not much is that clearcut, apparantly, which means I'll be reaching 
for book 1 and starting all over again!)

Lily and James go into hiding at the suggestion of Dumbledore - I 
thought he also suggested the place.  As he is head of the order, and 
the "only one he (LV) ever feared" I thought he would be trusted by 
all and kept informed, in his capacity as leader of the order. What 
risk would there be in Dumbledore, who knew ALL the orders secrets, 
knowing their location?

I believe Peter was the only secret keeper - Dumbledore and Sirius 
knew about Godrics Hollow because Lily and James chose to tell them. 
Hagrid in turn knew where to get Harry, as he was instructed where to 
go BY Dumbledore.