Something wrong with this Fudge

[szydlowskil]

No: HPFGUIDX 107180

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, James Lawlor <jlawlor at g...> 
wrote:
> Lynette
> >I think Wormtail 'ratted' to Fudge, not Voldemort, and Fudge is
> > actually the one who revealed the Potter's location. 
> 
> James:
> Hmm, I don't think so - I doubt the Fidelius Charm works that way. 
It seems to be that *only* the Secret Keeper can divulge the 
information (perhaps only willfully as well). If anyone who had been 
told the Secret could also go and tell it to anyone else, there would 
be little> point in the Charm in the first place. This is supported 
by the fact that for Harry to get into Grimmauld Place, he had to 
read the slip of paper from Dumbledore. If someone other than the 
Secret Keeper can divulge the Secret, Moody would have simply told 
Harry instead of risking writing it down and possibly having the 
paper fall into the wrong hands. So I'm afraid that rather damages 
that part of your theory. ^_~
> 
> - James Lawlor
> jlawlor at g...

Not completely damaged....If Peter told Fudge, Fudge could have 
suggested Peter give this information to some important people Fudge 
thought should hear it, to the benefit of the wizarding community, of 
course. You see, this also lets Peter off as a conniving, unspeakably 
foul traitor to his friends. I still have a shred of faith in Peter, 
who may have been gullable, but I still find it difficult to believe 
someone who was a companion of Remus, James and Sirius all those 
years was capable of seeking out Voledmort (or the Death Eaters and 
being introduced to him) and turning his friends in. I remain 
convinced Fudge was at Godric's Hollow and is,in any event, a tainted 
politician even if not partially responsible for the Potter's murder.
Lynette