Fudge & the newspaper (was: Peter, Sirius, or Lupin: who was the spy again?)

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 131830

Kathy:
> > 7.  Fudge gave the newspaper to Sirius with the picture of Peter   
> > in it that Sirius recognized.Why would he bother visiting         
> > Sirius?????

Chris:
> I don't think he was visiting Sirius, but probably had business at 
> Azkaban, and happened to pass by Sirius' cell. He's had a hard time, 
> been a model prisoner, why not let him have a paper? Plus, 
> everything we know about Fudge shows him to be incompetent. Probably 
> didn't think anything about a little kindness to an accused 
> psychopath.


SSSusan:
Heh heh.  You're being too naive, Chris. ;-)  The reason Fudge gave 
the newspaper to Sirius was because it showed a photo of the Weasley 
family on the front... a photo which included Scabbers the rat... a 
being whom Fudge (ahem, make that ESE!Fudge) had reason to know Sirius 
Black would recognize.  Fudge gave Sirius the newspaper to get the 
wheels turning ["He's at Hogwarts!"].  Didn't you ever wonder why 
Sirius was able to escape so easily?  Perhaps one ESE!Fudge gave a 
little instruction to the Dementors, had them back off a wee bit to 
make it easier?

See my http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/107293 and 
a whole mess of other posts around that time which discussed the case 
for ESE!Fudge (not to be confused with BumblingWafflingIncompetent!
Fudge).

Just one woman's opinion.

Siriusly Snapey Susan