[HPforGrownups] Re: Pondering a Snape thing

[Peg Kerr]

No: HPFGUIDX 3206

eliasberg at ioc.net wrote:

> There is something bothering me.... Snape was a Death Eater
> he showed us at the end of GoF and we know when the dark
> mark burned on the arm we know they all congrigated around
> Voldie. <snip>
> Snape knows who all the inner circle is and has all along, so the
> only reason to treat Sirius badly isn't because he is Voldies right
> hand man, just a boyhood grudge, just my opinion though I may
> be wrong. Dave

Not necessarily--I think Karkaroff said on the stand that each of the
Deatheaters only knew who a few of the others were.  Of course, he could
have been lying--we know he lied about plenty else.  But he might have been
telling the truth--it is a pretty standard modus operandi for terrorist
organizations: operate at the cell level, so that the right hand doesn't
know what the left hand is up to--it helps with plausible deniability when
you're busted and have to go to trial.  I think it's probable Snape truly
didn't know that Wormtail was the traitor rather than Sirius.

Peg