Who was responsible for Sirius' death? ...

[Zara]

No: HPFGUIDX 167645


> Dana: 
> My point was that Snape allowed Harry to be in Umbridge care, 
without 
> keeping an eye on the situation, someone that already proved 
several 
> times she was out to get him. It was the reason DD was no longer at 
> Hogwarts, she asked Snape for veritaserum twice and now held Harry 
at 
> wand point for the second time (the first after she caught him at 
the 
> RoR).

zgirnius:
Actually, her target of choice was Dumbledore and not Harry, as shown 
by the example you mention. She had Harry dead to rights for the 
illegal DA, but when she saw in it a way to get Dumbledore, she 
forgot all about Harry. It was also her interest in feeding him 
Veritaserum in her office, the second time because she wanted to know 
who Harry had been talking with.

Dana:
> He could have gone around 
> the corner send his patronus to Sirius without leaving the vicinity 
> of Umbridge office but he doesn't. 

zgirnius:
He would be sending and receiving a message using a secret means of 
communication invented by Dumbledore and known to Order members 
alone. It seems to me this might be something one might wish to do 
privately, rather than in the hallway next to a room that contains 
the sons of three Death Eaters. Especially if one is a spy who has 
failed to describe this means of communication to the Dark Lord.