CHAPDISC: DH32, The Elder Wand

[Zara]

No: HPFGUIDX 184788

> Montavilla47:
> I mean, if JKR wants us to end up thinking that Fudge was right
> in this moment and that Dumbledore was being an alarmist, then
> I guess she succeeded.  But I doubt that that was the intent.

Zara:
Giants are shown to be working with Voldemort in HBP, having been 
approached and recruited by him in GoF. The Ministry, presumably, could 
have made a more attractive offer to them than Hagrid was in a position 
to make. This would have freed the Ministry, in HBP, from the massive 
efforts of Obliviating half the West Country of England in the wake of 
a giant attack disguised as a hurricane. 

Werewolves were used similarly, as were Dementors - the papers in HBP 
were full of stories about Dementors and werewolves, and such attacks 
doubtless kept the Auror and other law enforcement departments busy 
investigating and trying to play defense. This made the Ministry more 
vulnerable, in my opinion. All three of the groups Albus warned about, 
were used by Voldemort to weaken the Ministry and make his Death Eaters 
infiltration and overthrow of it possible.

I am not sure what more Albus should have done, in your opinion, to 
further an investigation into the death of Cedric. He insisted to Fudge 
that he believed Harry's account, and that he had personally 
interrogated Crouch, Jr. under Veritaserum and there really had been a 
plot to being Voldemort back, etc. Fudge insisted the case was closed, 
Crouch was a maniac acting alone and had been Kissed, end of story. Not 
long after this conversation, Fudge was able to have Albus removed from 
his position at the Wizengamot, and Albus faced a camapign to discredit 
him in the public's eyes in the Daily Prophet.