How Sirius' death suits Dumbledore? Was: Re : Harry's Role in OotP (long)

[Karen Barker]

No: HPFGUIDX 130676

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Magda Grantwich 
<mgrantwich at y...> wrote:

> Let us say that Peter wasn't a traitor, that he was what James and
> Sirius thought he was: "weak, talentless" (Sirius), needed all the
> help he could get (Lupin).  Is this a person who's going to stand 
> up to anyone who might be willing to use violence to find out 
> where the Potters were hiding or how they were able to hide? 

Karen:

That was the whole point though.  Sirius persuaded James and Lily to 
make Peter their SK on the basis that no one would be stupid enough 
to trust a person like Peter with such a secret and therefore LV and 
the DEs would not bother him.

POA UK Paperback p 271.  Chapter 19 - The Servant of Lord Volemort.

'"Lily and James only made you Secret-Keeper because I suggested 
it," Black hissed, <snip> "I thought it was the perfect plan ... a 
bluff ... Voldemort would be sure to come after me, would never 
dream they'd use a weak, talentless thing like you..."'

Karen