The Fidelius Charm for the Potters & Voldemort

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 179278

> Mike:
> I think part of what we were supposed to get from the whole Godric's
> Hollow fiasco, was that the Potters (or maybe specifically, James)
> and Sirius were both inexperienced and too clever for their own 
good.
> 
> They think up this great plan, whereby they put the unlikely Peter 
> in as the SK, when everyone expects and they have actually told 
some 
> that Sirius would be the SK. 

a_svirn:
Not *some*. James told *Dumbledore* that Sirius was going to be their 
secret keeper. 

 "Naturally," said Professor McGonagall. "James Potter told 
Dumbledore that Black would die rather than tell where they were, 
that Black was planning to go into hiding himself... and yet, 
Dumbledore remained worried. I remember him offering to be the 
Potters' Secret-Keeper himself."

So not only the Potters declined Dumbledore's services, but they 
deliberately misled him about their plans. The most likely conclusion 
is that they didn't trust the Venerable Headmaster.