[HPforGrownups] Re: The Statute of Secrecy

[Jordan Abel]

No: HPFGUIDX 159039

> Ken:
>
> So I will make your counter argument for you. It certainly is
> *possible* that Dumbledore was authorized to have such documents from
> both the state and from Hogwarts.
...
> If Hogwarts also is accredited by the state

Random832:
I think that is the fundamental question - it's certain that it's
"accredited" [or what passes for it] by the MoM. The issue, then, is
whether the MoM is a legitimate organ of the british state.

> Ken:
> As far as I can tell everyone reads this as a case of
> Dumbledore doing something on the sly and that is how I think the
> author intended it.

It's 100% clear that getting her drunk to get information about Tom
was intended as that. It's a lot less clear that the 'forgery' is
intended as such - to me, it certainly "smells like" what we've been
shown as being standard operating procedure for dealing with muggles
other than immediate relatives of muggleborn children.

-- 
Random832