Dumbledore and Secrecy WAS:Re: The Statute of Secrecy

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 159155

 
> Alla:
> 
> It is very funny, although let's pretend for a second that Pippin 
> does not hear us ;) If Dumbledore seriously thinks that he is dying 
> from the ring curse or if he simply plans in case of his death 
> during the fight, there is one reason why him insisting Harry not 
> telling anybody about Horcruxes would make sense - traitor in the 
> Order, IMO.
 
Hickengruendler:

Yes, that's what I thought as well. This also explains, why he didn't 
tell anybody except Harry the exact wording of the prophecy. He still 
plays with the possibility, that there's a traitor in the Order, and 
that's why he keeps the really big things as secret as possible. Of 
course the decisions have some negative aspects, like that less 
people are able to help Harry destroy the Horcruxes, or that if 
Dumbledore had died earlier (say, because of the curse on the ring), 
Harry wouldn't have known about them at all. But I can also the 
Dumbledore's reasonong and why he did it in this case, which is more 
than I can say about him secret about Tom's true identity. (As far as 
this one is a secret. At least Slughorn knows). Of course this also 
means, that Dumbledore probably isn't quite as trusting, as Harry 
made him out to be in HBP. ;-)