Dumbledore and the Dementors WAS: Lupin visiting Sirius in Azkaban

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Carol:
I wasn't really suggesting that Dumbledore *knew* Sirius had been 
made Secret Keeper but didn't know the SK had been changed. That's 
possible, I suppose, but all I meant was that he knew James 
*intended* to make Sirius the SK and that DD doubted the wisdom of 
that choice and offered himself in Sirius' place. He knew that James 
had refused that offer and made someone else Secret Keeper. He had 
no reason to believe that that someone was anyone other than Sirius, 
which is why he testified that Sirius had been the SK.

Nora:
Not quite enough information to tell what was really going on in the 
events that actually transpired. I think what's being expressed is a 
general disappointment that Dumbledore, who often seems so willing 
and ready to help the abject who wouldn't be given a second chance 
by many other people *cough*, seems to have dropped the ball on this 
one.

Alla:
You maybe right with obstruction of justice proposition, otherwise 
it just sounds as another plot hole to me.

Bookworm:
Way back in February (msg 91517) I said:
<< Personally, I think Dumbledore knew about the change in Secret-
Keepers. He never said Sirius Black was or wasn't. His comment was 
that he had given evidence to that effect. What evidence? To whom? 
When? Dumbledore may not lie, but he doesn't always tell the whole 
truth.>>

I will add to that: he knows *much* more than he lets on. How did he 
know Harry was visiting the Mirror of Erised? Or what Ron saw in 
it?  Somehow, Dumbledore just knows things.  It won't surprise me
at all that the switch in Secret-Keepers is one of those things.

If Dumbledore knew that Sirius was not the S-K and knows the details 
of what happened the Halloween night, visiting Sirius in prison 
might have revealed information to the DEs.  It would definitely 
have caused speculation about why Dumbledore would visit a known 
murderer. (No, I don't know *what* information. I'm
speculating and am sure JKR will be keeping the details of that 
night to herself until book 7.)

Ravenclaw Bookworm