Why didn't DD visit Sirius in Azkaban ? (was Cedric and Pettigrew )

[a_reader2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 91795

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "annemehr" <annemehr at y...> 
wrote (in reply to a question from Kneasy):
> > 5. He immediately suspects Peter - *but tells no-one!*
> > Come on! Pull the other one, it's got bells on.
> 
> Annemehr:
> I think it's because he saw no point to it.  I think the only people
> left alive who knew there *was* a secret-keeper were DD, Sirius and
> Peter, and Sirius never saw DD before he was thrown into Azkaban. 
> Perhaps the silly man expected to have a trial and a chance to
> convince DD.
> 

Carolyn (following this renewed re-hash with great interest!):

That's another curious point. Sirius had been banged up in Azkaban 
for 12 years. Why has DD NOT gone to visit him, at least to get 
Sirius's version of events, even if he can't get him out ? I can't 
believe DD wasn't able to get permission to do this if he wanted to, 
as head of Wizengamot, Chief Mugwump etc etc. I find myself torn 
between two possible explanations:

(a) Dumbledore as bumbling old twit, who doesn't have much of a grip 
on what's really going on, and thought Sirius really had betrayed the 
Potters, despite knowing how close James and Sirius had been all 
their lives. (After all, this is the supposedly amazingly all-
powerful wizard who didn't manage to spot Voldy tied up in a turban 
on Quirrells head, despite the funny smell and Snape's suspicion).

(b) Dumbledore the puppet master, who finds it convenient to have 
Sirius locked up, as he knew Sirius would recognise Scabbers as soon 
as he saw him in Ron's pocket, and for reasons we don't know, 
Dumbledore did not want that to happen - perhaps because he thought 
it might precipitate Voldy's return before Harry was ready for him. 

There is a remark DD made somewhere which I can't quite find at the 
moment, which intimates that he did know MWPP were animagi all along. 
I don't know when he might have spotted Scabbers for what he was - 
perhaps when he was Percy's pet, but as soon as he did, he planned 
accordingly. Pip (or Pippen ?)'s recent point that rats were not on 
the approved list of pets for Hogwarts is supporting evidence here - 
why was Scabbers allowed in the school? (Although remember the spider 
thing that Lee Jordan brought one year ? Not a rule enforced very 
strictly perhaps).

Its all very rough on Sirius either way, assuming he really wasn't on 
Voldy's side.