Will Seamus be the traitor?

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From: btk6y

Hey, thought I'd bring up something I'd been mulling over for a
while.  There's obviously a lot of theories about whether Ron will
betray Harry or not.  What if Seamus becomes the traitor?  When
Seamus Finnegan is about to be sorted in SS, the Sorting Hat took a
long time to figure him out.  We know that the Hat took a long time
to sort Neville and I figure that's because he may have borderline
bravery (i.e. does he actually belong in Hufflepuff, he is good at
Herbology, etc).  Where do you think the Sorting Hat was thinking
about putting Seamus instead of Gryffindor?  Any of the other houses
is a possibility, but my hunch is that the Hat was thinking about
putting him in Slytherin.  The reason for this is that I believe JKR
put that in for a specific reason which will be revealed in time; I
don't believe that there would be any big story if the Sorting Hat
was deciding between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw.
However, my hunch is that the Sorting Hat was choosing between
Gryffindor and Slytherin, ended up putting Seamus in Gryffindor, but
he will eventually end up betraying Gryffindor and Harry at some
point.  No other cannon evidence at all to support this except the
fact that the Sorting Hat took a while to sort him, but I just don't
see why JKR would include that tidbit if it wouldn't be important
later- and I don't see why it would be important if the Hat was
deciding vs. Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw.  Any thoughts?

Now me:

Good thought....hmm.
 I was think the traitor is Neville. Not that he does it intentionally - but
look how many times he's ginnocently given away information.
Who tells Ron & Harry that Hermione is crying in the girls' bathroom?
He has to write down the passwords - and they get stolen.
Draco gets off the Hogwarts Express and says Neville told them Harry fainted
in front of the dementor.
(For that matter, Neville seemed to be getting picked on by Draco.  Was
Draco trying to extract whatever info from Neville about Harry)?

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