Dumbledore's role in Sirius' death was Re: ESE!Snape (Was loads of other stuff)

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> 
> Well, the only thing I can say that even if emotional wellfare of 
the 
> Order members is not their commander first priority, it should be 
> somewhere on his list of priorities.
> Alla wrote: 
> 
> Sorry, I don't buy that Dumbledore could not find ANYTHING useful 
for 
> Sirius to do.
> 
> He thought it was perfectly fine for Sirius to go notify Old Crowd 
> after GoF, now suddenly in OoP it is not safe for him to go out as 
a 
> Padfoot?
> <snip>

Neri:
Yep, I completely agree with Alla here. Keeping Sirius in 12GP was 
one of several glaring mistakes that DD did in OotP. To DD's credit, 
this is a classic strategic mistake that many commanders fail to 
avoid: they stick their troops into defensive positions that are 
theoretically safer, but also prevent them from doing anything. This 
invariably leads to deteriorating troop moral that often offsets the 
defensive advantages.

Sirius should have been in the streets during nights as Padfoot, 
tracking DEs. His superior senses of smell and hearing as a dog could 
have been a great asset for the Order. I'd use him for spying on the 
Malfoy mansion, or as a secondary security screen around the MoM at 
nights. He'd probably have noticed Nagini before she'd managed to get 
into the MoM and attack Arthur.

So the DEs knew about his cover as Padfoot. So what? They also most 
likely knew (or could have made a reasonable guess) that Arthur and 
Lupin and Moody are working for DD, and this had not prevented DD 
from using either three. As a black dog at night, probably with a 
disillusionment charm on him, Sirius would have been much harder to 
spot than them. Remember that Padfoot, Wormatil and Prongs had 
managed to tour Hogwarts and the Forbidden Forest for three whole 
years without DD or Hagrid noticing them, and Padfoot!Sirius is the 
only Wizard in history who escaped out of Azkaban without outside 
assistance. Keeping Sirius in 12GP for a year was a big waste of 
resources and failed to protect him in the end.

Neri