[HPforGrownups] Re: Dumbledore's watch / Legilimens

[Helen R. Granberry]

No: HPFGUIDX 89476


Helen (who thinks either way, Dumbledore knew) wrote:

> Think about this logically for a moment... they know there is a 
traitor.
> They are in the middle of a war. Dumbledore, as a Legilimens, 
*knows*
> when someone is lying to him. This is exactly what he tells Harry 
what
> went down with Kreacher. This is life and death; forget about 
rudeness,
> Dumbledore is going to ask people probing questions, even if they 
aren't
> aware that is what he is doing. He's going to notice if Peter is
> uncomfortable and shifty. He's going to notice if Peter is lying. 
For
> him to otherwise would be worse than rude, it would be downright
> suicidal. 


LizVega Here:

Not sure if this pertains to your discussion, but regardless of 
whether or not DD knew that Peter was the traitor, he didn't know 
that Lilly and James made him secret keeper.. DD thought that it was 
Sirius, as did Lupin. Which makes me ask, and I know it's been 
brought up before, but, why is it that Sirius was going to be secret 
keeper anyway, why not DD?


Helen again:

Well, according to PoA, he *did* offer to be their Secret Keeper and was
turned down. Why? No idea, especially considering that Dumbledore was
the only one Voldemort was scared of. Anyone else was going to be in
danger. Peter was only a good choice (seemingly) because Voldemort
wouldn't guess the Potters would pick someone so weak. I am wondering
who was the Secret Keeper for the Longbottoms. Surely they had one. 

At any rate, Dumbledore knew that Peter was the traitor. Even if he
didn't know that they switched Secret Keepers. He had to have a pretty
good idea that Sirius was innocent (at the very least of betraying the
Potters, if not killing Peter). Unless, of course, he thought both had
betrayed them, but Dumbledore, even without foreknowledge as Ron, had
the means of figuring all of that out.