Time Travel, the Stall, and the All Knowing Mind?

[June Ewing]

No: HPFGUIDX 190390

Steve:
<snip> I doubt that Dumbledore has any way of seeing into the future.
He doesn't seem to hold Divination in very high regard. But we do
know from example, that Dumbledore has a very strong intuitive sense.
He picks up on details that fly right over the heads of others. <snip>

<snip> ...he may have sensed Harry and Hermione near by. As time goes
on, he may have been putting the pieces of the puzzle, as he knew it,
together. By the time, the time came to send Harry and Hermione back,
it may have seemed like the natural and logical thing to do. <snip>

>From Harry's perspective, Dumbledore's action certainly seem like he
was creating a distraction and delay, but the fact is, the
executioner DOES have to sign the documents. <snip>


June:
I do agree that Dumbledore cannot see into the future and I don't
think anyone said he did (although I may have missed that). I
believed the first time I read the book that he was stalling and
later when he sent Hermione and Harry back in time I thought to
myself "Aw, this is why he was stalling". Dumbledore could not see
into the future, true, but he could plan into the future. If I was
in his place I would have done the same thing. He knew he had a
student he could trust who was able to travel back in time so I
believe he had planned the minute he knew they were going to
execute Buckbeak, to send Hermione, Harry (and probably Ron too)
back in time to save Buckbeak and when he knew they were bringing
the Dementors to deliver the kiss to Sirius he added saving Sirius
to the mix.