CHAPDISC: PS/SS 1, The Boy Who Lived

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 187674

> > 5. Please feel free to add your own question.
> 
> Why did Dumbledore withhold so much information from Professor
> McGonagall.  She is his second in command and, should something
> happen to him, the most likely person to be able to continue with his
> plan.  Why didn't he tell her more?

Zara:
In my opinion, we get our answer in DH, "The Prince's Tale". Albus does select someone who will help him to protect Harry from Voldemort and carry out his plans, but it is not Minerva, it is Severus.

Not that her role is negligible. She steps up into the role of Headmistress in DH and leads the defense of Hogwarts against Voldemort's forces in the final battle. In my opinion, a task better suited to her forceful, open personality than carrying out Albus's secret plans.