DD and Horcruxes/ Scrimgeour

[Zara]

No: HPFGUIDX 179576

> Alla:
> 
> Eh, did anyone make the argument of publishing the horcruxes in 
Daily 
> Prophet? If anybody did and I missed it, then sure I do not 
subscribe 
> to it either.

zgirnius:
Mike suggested it should be publicized, without specifying a 
mechanism. 

Alla:
> I mean of course Order and I think DA members as well, and I think 
> the best argument for it was made by a_svirn that Battle of 
Hogwarts 
> may have never ever happened, had Mcgonagall and DA members knew 
that 
> they were supposed to look for something.

zgirnius:
In other words, you would have recommended Dumbledore tell Mundungus 
Fletcher and Zacharias Smith? 

I agree a limited selection of people from the Order and/or the DA 
could have been trusted. So did Dumbledore. This is in fact what 
Dumbledore decided, when he agreed Harry should tell Ron and 
Hermione. Adding a McGonagall or a Snape or a Neville to the list of 
people one thinks should have known is not a criticism of the 
principle of secrecy under which Dumbledore operated, it is a 
tactical disagreement about which small subset of humanity should be 
told.

> Alla: 
> I mean, Mcgonagall, his Deputy Headmistress, and he **still** did 
not 
> trust her. I mean, I never bought into evil Minerva theories, but I 
> certainly understand how those theories came to life.

zgirnius:
He trusted her to lead the defense of Hogwarts in his absence, and 
his trust was well-placed, as we saw more clearly in DH than in HBP. 
Deciding who to trust is not only about having faith in their 
intentions, but about their abilities.