why the order?

[strawberryshaunie]

No: HPFGUIDX 89953

<spang_b at y...> 
wrote:
>  Dumbledore starts the order of phoenix the second time 
in the 
> > fifth book. But what was the reason for starting it the 
first 
time? The 
> > ministry then was fully involved in resisting Voldemort 
so why 
the 
> > need to start a secret group in the first place?

Just because the ministry's involved doesn't mean there's no need for 
a secret organization involved in resisting Voldemort. The Ministry's 
pretty easy to infiltrate (as we've seen this time around with all 
the spies/accidental passing of information etc.) compared to a 
secret order in which everyone knows everyone else's background.