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[Harry Potter] Why wouldn’t Dumbledore ask for a magical time turning device to see who/what the whole “Heir of Slytherin” was?

I can understand after a single student is petrified; they probably thought they were dealing with a controllable issue… but after the second and third? 

I know, I know… “But magical time travel can be dangerous business.. and shouldn’t be used wantonly”

The ministry makes exceptions and trusts a 13 year girl with this wicked powerful magical device, just so she can take a muggle studies and potions at the same hour of school, but someone with the wisdom and maturity of Dumbledore can’t use one to see who’s attacking his students?

He knows roughly the day, the location and roughly the time that the attack/petrifaction/graffiti happens, why not just conceal himself, allow the attack to happen again and just solve the whole mystery quick and tidy?


I mean with only one student, I can maybe understand the apprehension of going back in time to be a casual observer… but by the 4th student? I’m starting to think Mr. Malfoy was onto something when claiming Dumbledore was unfit to lead the school.
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Time-Turners are strictly controlled by the Ministry, and the Ministry kind of hates Dumbledore. The Ministry is okay with students using Time-Turners to be in two places at once, but they're already scared of one Dumbledore; no way they trust him enough to allow him to make two or more of himself exist at the same time. They think he's power hungry and looking to take over as Minister of Magic, so they're not about to give him any tools that would let him do that. It seems like they even went through McGonagal to get the Time-Turner to Hermione instead of Dumbledore...