The lack of Obliviators and the Press at GH was Godric's Hollow

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No: HPFGUIDX 149911

Snow wrote:  <SNIP>
"If Dumbledore could give Moody the secret to Grimmauld Place on a 
slip of paper (that Moody made positive to destroy once read) then 
Peter Pettigrew could have given mom or dad a piece of paper that 
could have fallen into the hands (purposely or not) of muggle 
newsmen. Dumbledore, in GOF, told Harry that he read muggle news 
unlike his colleagues.

If an article appeared in a muggle newspaper that had the secret (to 
the Potter's whereabouts revealed), only persons who were reading it 
would be aware(?) of the secret. How many wizards read muggle news 
anyway except for Dumbledore?" 


CH3ed:
Hi, assuming the scenario above I don't think anyone would know the 
secret from reading the article in the muggle newspaper, since the 
article would not be written by the Secret Keeper (in this case, 
PP), but by the muggle reporter. Remember, only the Secret Keeper 
can reveal the secret and no one else. Unless you read that piece of 
paper written by PP, you are not in on the secret. Duplication of 
that piece of paper by someone other than the SK doesn't expose the 
secret (just like Harry can't tell anyone where the HQ of the OotP 
is even though he's been told it himself because Harry isn't the SK 
for the OotP).


Snow wrote:
"Just because the secret was exposed does not point a finger to who 
exposed it. This would keep Sirius under suspicion and Peter not 
really the person who exposed them. The secret keeper cannot really 
be exposed when the secret is written. If Moody had not destroyed 
the secret note to Harry from Dumbledore and if it had been 
unintentionally given to the Daily Prophet, everyone would know the 
secret to the Order's whereabouts."


CH3ed:
IMO, if DD reads about the Potter's whereabouts in the Muggle paper, 
then he would at the very least know that PP had not been discreet. 
Nobody else who had not read from the original piece of paper that 
PP wrote would register the secret; however, so the Potters would 
still be safe unless the muggle reporter who has that piece of paper 
goes and show it around. 

CH3ed... hopelessly behind on the posts! :O)