Were the Longbottom's in Hiding too?

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 170170

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Karina Aleksandrova" 
<caleksandrova at ...> wrote:

> The Longbottoms must not have had a secret keeper, or at least like
> the Potters -- not a reliable one, because the Death-Eaters did find
> them after the Voldemort's downfall and torture them for the
> information about the Potters. 


zanooda:

You know, it's possible that any protection that the Longbottoms may 
have had was lifted after LV's defeat. DD says that the attack at the 
Longbottoms came "just when everyone thought they were safe", so they 
could think the defenses were not necessary anymore. 

I think the Longbottoms were attacked not immediately after LV's 
downfall, but quite some time after. Remember, Sirius says that 
Crouch Jr.  "was caught with a group of Death Eaters who'd managed to 
talk their way out of Azkaban" (GoF, p.527 US hardback)? 

This means that at least some time passed since LV's  "death", if 
Bella and Co. had the time to be investigated and to claim Imperius 
curse, apparently. Maybe there is more proof, but I can't think of 
anything right now. 

Anyway, we can't say how the Longbottoms were protected while LV was 
still alive, because the protection could be lifted after his 
disappearance :-).