Hagrid's wand

[meltowne]

No: HPFGUIDX 105390

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kimberly" <tarasenk at m...> 
wrote:
> Angie <gelite67 at y...> wrote:
> > Did Hagrid get the official OK to practice magic after he was 
> > cleared of the charge of opening the COS?  Or is he still forced
> > to use his "umbrella?"
> 
> 
> Hagrid is allowed to practice magic.  Here's the quote from JKR: 
> "Q: Since Hagrid's name was cleared in Book 2, will he ever be 
> allowed to do magic openly again? (Jan Campbell)
> A: He is allowed. He has been allowed to do magic openly ever since 
> he became a teacher but because he was never fully trained his 
magic 
> is never going to be what it should be. He is always going to be a 
> bit inept"
> 
> It's from an interview from July 2000.  You can find the whole 
> transcript here: 
> http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/quickquotes/articles/2000/0700-
swns-alfie.htm.  

She may have said that in an interview, but when HAgrid went to look 
for the Giants, he said he would be watched because he wasn't allowed 
to use magic - which suggests that he was not in fact authorized to 
perform magic, even though his name was cleared.  Which do we take as 
canon?