Cedric and Pettigrew (was Re: Faking Sirius' Death?)

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 91835


Annemehr wondered:
> > I don't know how the WW at large found out, but since OoP I wonder if
> > DD hadn't had one of those "reliable methods of communicating" with
> > the Potters, or some sort of trouble detector.  In a world with
> > sneakoscopes and foe glasses, and magic two-way mirrors, I would think
> > he would have.

Ffred's reply:
> Only problem with the theory of the "surveillance device" is to
wonder who's
> watching it, and why. Everyone believes that the Potters are safely
> protected by the Fidelius. If that's so, then having someone sitting
in the
> same room as a trouble detector could look like overkill. And DD
definitely
> _does_ trust the Fidelius, otherwise he wouldn't be using it to protect
> Grimmauld Place.

Annemehr's reply:
I lock my doors at night, even though I know a thief could still get
in.  Dumbledore doesn't have to have 100% confidence in the Fidelius
to use it, because it *might* work.  Grimmauld Place is protected by
more than just the Fidelius charm, and I still think it'd be
reasonable for DD to keep an eye on the Potters even though they had a
Secret Keeper.

> 
> Annemehr (before):
> > Dumbledore wouldn't send anyone from the Ministry.  Hagrid is someone
> > DD would trust with his life, and handily enough, stunners (and who
> > knows what else) bounce right off him.  He might have sent *only*
> > Hagrid because of the trust factor, too.

Ffred:
> There were (and still are) members of the Order who are aurors. Assuming
> they weren't on duty elsewhere (and where else would they be that
night?)
> then they'd be far better fitted to take on Voldemort than Hagrid,
who's got
> good natural defences but who (as JKR has mentioned) isn't that hot at
> magic.

Annemehr:
Maybe, only I think if OoP-member Aurors were there, they would have
to be responsible to the MoM, just as an off-duty police officer who
comes upon a crime is still officially a police officer while handling
it.  If DD wanted to handle things according to his own judgment only,
he might not have wanted any Ministry officials there at all.

I'm just musing here, of course.  Come to think of it, I wonder
whether Fudge ever found out that Shacklebolt and Tonks were in the
DoM fight in OoP, and if so what he made of that?

Annemehr