DEs knowing about Pettigrew (was re: too many topics to list)

[eloiseherisson at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 42506

In a message dated 12/08/2002 08:04:04 GMT Standard Time, catlady at wicca.net 
writes:


> I have yet to understand how a bunch of Death Eaters (the ones in 
> Azkaban) could have known that Pettigrew was the Secret Keeper who 
> led Voldemort to the Potters' secret hide-out WHILE *Snape* the spy 
> didn't know.
> 

Aah...I knew there was a problem with my theory that Snape was part of the 
party which accompanied Voldemort to Godric's Hollow - and this is it.
Obviously, he would then have known that Peter was the Secret Keeper and I 
have always believed that he did genuinely believe that it was Sirius who had 
betrayed the Potters. Otherwise, it raises his actions to new heights of 
malice, which I refuse to admit! ;-)

UNLESS.......of course, they're masked and hooded, aren't they and wouldn't 
necessarily know who each other were, would they? Particularly if they were 
drawn from different cells. Phew!
Although then I have to explain why in Harry's dream he seems to have 
subliminal memories of Snape and Malfoy. 

I think we have to assume that Snape didn't actually know that Peter was a 
DE, or Dumbledore would immediately have known who the mole in the 
organisation was and therefore so, presumably would Sirius and James and the 
switch would never have been made.

As for how the DEs in Azkaban know? Well, first of all, we don't know at what 
point DEs in the know went into Azkaban - quite possibly *after* Sirius, in 
the post-Voldemort round-ups. By this time, someone (it would only take one) 
may have worked out that his fellow cell member was missing on the night in 
question, or perhaps Peter had even told someone that he had an important 
mission with Voldemort that night, I wouldn't put it past him to bolster his 
ego like that - someone who perhaps knew that Pettigrew had a connection with 
the Potters and who could put two and two together. Snape's spying duties 
after Voldemort's fall must have been rather different (particularly if the 
DEs all went their own ways and tried to cover their tracks, rather than 
banding together to try and trying to help Voldemort) so that he didn't hear 
these rumours.

I don't know. It's a bit weak, but worth a try.

Eloise


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