Percy (was The Twins are bad, but poor poor Percy!!!!#?%)

[Diane C]

No: HPFGUIDX 136943

Just for arguments sake, what if Percy has been
working as a spy for Dumbledore.  We know the Ministry has
been infiltrated by Voldemort supporters, and even if it
that wasn't so, the Ministry is often at odds with 
Dumbledore's plans.  Arthur Weasley has in the past
been able to keep Dumbledore informed, but he has been
so profoundly and openly pro-Muggle, that clearly
Dumbledore needs someone in the Ministry who isn't so
pro-Muggle, pro-Harry.  Dumbledore's been portrayed as
almost omniscient, but that could be due to an
exceptional information network across the wizarding
world.  Percy has always been written as a goody
two-shoes, but his break with the family seems
particularly hard-line.  That much of a break may be
required in order to gain the trust of the people in
the Ministry working against Dumbledore and the Order
of the Phoenix.  With Dumbledore gone, the Order may
need Percy's information even more.

Diane C