DA Question

[Dhyana]

No: HPFGUIDX 102126

>Mutt wrote:
> I'm curious. What exactly was the purpose of the document everybody
>signed when they joined the DA and were sworn to secrecy?  Were they not
>allowed to talk about it at all, or could they talk about it if they weren't selling
>the other DA memebers out. <snip>  If they couldn't talk about it how were
>they able to recruit? <snip>


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The quote from the book has Hermione saying "So if you sign, you're 
agreeing not to tell Umbridge--or anybody else--what we're up to" (p 346, US 
edition).  

But when the list is being passed around and after everyone signed it, there 
was no mention of the trio signing it.    IMO, it sounds as if Hermione passed 
the parchment around for everybody else to sign, but didn't actually sign it 
herself or have Harry and Ron sign it.  This would possibly leave the three of 
them free to recruit new members in the future, whom they judged to be 
trustworthy.
-Dhyana