Crying wolf?

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No: HPFGUIDX 81972

> Talisman: > 
> I don't think imprisoned Sirius asked for the crossword, or that he 
> even saw the photo with Pettigrew until Fudge gave it to him (Fudge 
> knows Sirius is innocent, so does Dumbledore and by the action in 
> PoA Snape and Lupin do, too.) Fudge knew the effect the photo would 
> have on Sirius.  He also helped Sirius escape (Sirius's account of 
> why the dementor's didn't effect him and how he escaped doesn't 
hold water.)
> 
> This explains why Fudge didn't punish Harry for blowing up Aunt 
> Marge.  He had bigger fish to fry.  He expects Sirius to come 
> looking for Harry and he's eager to sick a puckered-up dementor on 
> him. If Harry is killed in the scuffle (like with Sirius's knife, 
> maybe?), why it's two for one, isn't it?  Sirius takes the rap for 
> Harry's death, gets permanently silenced about the Godric's Hollow 
> incident, and when Fudge gets Sirius, he's a WW hero. 

Laura:

I think I'm being obtuse here (a common state of mind for me), but I 
don't understand (1) why Fudge would want to get rid of Harry at the 
time of PoA or (2) why Fudge would arrange for Sirius to escape only 
to manipulate him into being recaptured.  Are you suggesting that 
Fudge is a DE sypmathizer?  And since virtually everyone in the WW 
thinks Sirius killed Lily and James, why not just let him stay in 
Azkaban?  Fudge had no way of knowing that Sirius had found ways to 
stay sane, so he couldn't think of Sirius as any kind of threat.

If you really think that Remus was in on this whole convoluted plan, 
then you must be impressed with his acting skills.  That was quite a 
little scene he and Snape put on in the Shack.  Or were all the 
adults in on this scheme and they all put on their little show for 
the benefit of HRH?  I'm so confused...and I still believe in Remus!
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