In Defense of Scrimgeour & Offense against DD

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 179587

> lizzyben:
> 
> And gosh, I wonder what Morfin died of? Let's see... he died within 
> weeks of seeing Dumbledore, & shortly after DD extracted these 
> memories. Riddle had placed a powerful memory charm on Morfin that 
> would erase his real memories & place a false one in its place. So, 
> in order for DD to reach the "real" memory behind the false one, DD 
> would have to use some powerful magic indeed to break the memory 
> charm - DD says that he had to use a "great deal of skilled 
> Legimancy" to "coax" it out of him. 
> 
> 
> Funnily enough, Hokey the elf also died shortly after DD managed 
> to "extract" a memory from her of Riddle's murder of Hepizah Smith. 
> (DD:"As in the case of Morfin, by the time I traced her & managed 
to 
> extract this memory, her life was almost over.") But I'm sure DD 
> lobbied for her freedom as well. ;)
> 
> And hmmm, where else have we heard of a powerful wizard using 
> Legimancy to "extract" hidden memories? Voldemort did exactly that 
> to Bertha Jorkins. Her "real" memories had been modified & hidden 
> behind a powerful Memory Charm. But LV broke this charm in order to 
> extract her real memories about the TWT & Barty Crouch Jr. LV tells 
> us that memory charms aren't 100% safe, because they can be broken 
> by a powerful wizard.
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a_svirn:
And considering the effects such "investigation methods" have on 
the "witnesses", I would assume that they are probably not legal. At 
least, they shouldn't be. Therefore I don't see how Dumbledore could 
possibly present his evidence to the Ministry without compromising 
himself.