Lupin the Spy

[Veronica]

No: HPFGUIDX 44977

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "smellee17" <smellee17 at h...> wrote:
> In The Prisoner of Azkaban, Sirius acknowledges that Sirius and 
James 
> thought that Remus was the spy and Remus was the one who was 
feeding 
> information to Voldemort.  I always wondered why the thought Remus 
> was the traitor. I wouldn't think becuase he was a werewolf, but I 
> can't come up with anything. Any thoughts, please? signed smellee


Here's my thoughts anyway.

>From PoA (US Hardback)(The Marauder's Map):"[Dumbledore] was sure 
that somebody close to the Potters had been keeping You-Know-Who 
informed of their (the Potters') movements . . . . Indeed, he had 
suspected for some time that someone on our side had turned traitor 
and was passing a lot of information to You-Know-Who."

Ok, well the closest people to the Potters were Sirius, Lupin, and 
Pettigrew, right, or at least, so we would assume from the 
description of "the gang" at Hogwarts.

Well, if Sirius and James were like brothers, they would not suspect 
him as the spy, and the impression I get of their opinion of Peter 
was that they thought him kinda harmless. He "hero-worshipped Black 
and Potter" according to McGonagall, and even Rosmerta remembered 
him "tagging along after" Sirius and James. I suspect they didn't 
think him capable of anything like that. Which would have left Lupin--
not as close as James and Sirius--just slightly separate, but still a 
very capable wizard.

That was my take on it anyway.

Veronica