On Friday, August 15, 2003 at 11:44:10 PM UTC-7, Efren Irizarry,II wrote:   
   > "Shashank Joshi"  wrote in message   
   > news:adc90eba.0308152127.649c63cb@posting.google.com...   
   > > Although I find it strange that VOldemort wouldn't know where the   
   > > Potters lived, seeing as had "thrice defied him." So that means   
   > > either:   
   > >   
   > > 1. You can't find the target of the Fidelius charm EVEN if you know   
   > > where it was before - Sirius confronted Pettigrew only nearby or in   
   > > the vicinity   
   > >   
   > > or   
   > >   
   > > 2. You can find the target of the Fidelius charm if you know where it   
   > > was before. Voldemort didn't know the precise location.   
   > >   
   > > However considering that Hagrid was the one who first collected Harry   
   > > form Godric's Hollow (and presuming the Fidelius charm was still on   
   > > the house) option 2 seems far more likely.   
   >   
   > I believe there is a third option:   
   >   
   > 3.  You can't find the target of the Fidelius charm unless the Secret-Keeper   
   > authorizes you by telling you (like what you say in 1.).  Sirius, being the   
   > original Secret-Keeper, could be safely authorized by Pettigrew after   
   > Pettigrew was made Secret-Keeper.  So Sirius would be one of a small few   
   > authorized to enter Godric's Hollow (Dumbledore would probably be another).   
      
   I had thought that Sirius had merely been the planned Secret Keeper, and that   
   the plan was changed at the last minute.   
      
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