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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Donovan Morningfire" data-source="post: 3185850" data-attributes="member: 39532">Well, Harry had no reason to suspect fake Moody as being just that, a fake.  Nobody had confided in him what the signs were, so he didn't really know that Voldemort was up to something.  Also, prior to all that, Moody had gone out of his way to earn Harry's trust and respect, such as the subtle hint about how to deal with the dragon, humiliating Malfoy who had tried to curse Harry when his back was turned, and just in general impressing the lad with his depth of knowledge about defending yourself from the Dark Arts.  He swallowed Moody's story about hunting for Voldemort's agent (again having no reason not to trust the man), already suspected something was afoot (why was Barty Crouch sneaking around in Snape's office when he was supposedly sike), and figured the map would prove a great boon to a highly-skilled Auror, a man whom Harry liked and respected.  Besides, from Harry's point of view, it was better that Moody had it than Snape or Filch, who'd try and use it to get Potter in a lot of trouble.  Also remember from Harry's first year when he kept accusing Snape of wanting the Philsopher's Stone, and how his suspicion proved to be wrong?  He's not about to go accusing Moody, who from Harry's view hasn't done anything wrong, especially when he's convinced that at long as he's at Hogwarts, he's safe from Voldemort's reach.In hindsight, it wasn't the best idea giving Fake!Moody the map.  But then again, Harry isn't known for his sound judgemental processes.  He's much better at the spur-of-the-moment, sudden-death decisions.</blockquote>

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