Aberforth: Traitor To Dumbledore?

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 121213


entropy:
> 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?


Umbridge said Willy Widdershins was the informant in "The Centaur 
and the Sneak" chapter:

"I have testimony from Willy Widdershins, Minerva, who happened to 
be in the bar at the time. He was heavily bandaged, it is true, but 
his hearing was quite unimpaired." (US, p. 613)

But you do have to wonder what side Aberforth is on, if any. 
Mundungus was the informant to Dumbledore instead of Aberforth. 
Maybe Aberforth is inactive, or even retired from the Order this 
time around.

Jen