Aberforth: Traitor To Dumbledore?

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In anticipation of Book 6, I've been re-reading OOP (again).   We see
in Ch 16 the humble beginnings of Dumbledore's Army and, soon after in
Ch 17, the posting of  Educational Decree Number 24.  

I've been trying to figure out just who might have really spilled the
beans to Umbridge. Clearly, it  could not have been anyone who signed
Hermione's sheet of parchment during the meeting (they would have been
"spotted" at breakfast the next morning).  

Many have speculated that  the barkeep was Aberforth (he resembles DD,
the place smells like goats, etc.), but I've always assumed that he
was keeping an eye on things for DD.  Could it be that he actually was
keeping an eye on things for Umbridge, instead, and ran back to her as
soon as he could with the info?  More importantly, could Aberforth be
the "black sheep" of  the Dumbledore clan? Not quite a death eater,
but possibly a bit of a ministry supporter and apologist?

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