"Likely not, but frequently people have surmised that about others and been sadly mistaken." Adrian rolled his eyes at a doodle Harry had done at some point or another that had Ginny's name on it. He set it in the "personal effects: unimportant" file, and moved on. "Our opinions on the matter of Smith as a suspect match, but you know as well as I opinion will not carry enough weight. If we want to make it clear to others that he was not involved we'd better find the person responsible as soon as possible."
He glanced at Neville then. "I don't know that the case he was working on was directly related, but I'd be remiss not to consider the possibility. I've asked Davies and Warrington to keep us abreast of anything that might coincide with our case. I thought it fair to offer them the same in return. If you come across any notes there to do with the Zurlo case, please do share them." After they had their own copies fro records of course.
"Your being close to Potter could be an asset here, Longbottom. Had you spent any time with him lately? Did anything seem unusual?" He had spoken briefly to Andromeda about Harry, but thought it best to approach her again after the initial shock wore off.