Snape's knowledge

[Melody]

No: HPFGUIDX 45453

Tim wondered:
>>>Something struck me as I was re-reading PoA and GoF.  Wouldn't
Snape, as a former DE and spy, have knowledge that Pettigrew was a DE?<<<


Well, not necessarily.  Let us go to the courtroom scene with
Karkaroff shall we...

(GoF, Ch. 30)
"You must understand," said Karkaroff hurriedly, "that
He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named operated always in the greatest of
secrecy...He preferred that we -- **small cut of Karkar's babble** --
we never knew the names of every one of our fellows -- He alone knew
exactly who we all were --"

So, from that we can fairly assume that there is a possibility that
Snape did not know Peter was a DE.  If Voldie did operate under great
secrecy, and the DE's never threw get-to-know-you parties, then many
of the DE's would never know of the others until Voldie paired them
together.  From the graveyard though, it seems that many of the DE's
had figured out who each other were.  They seem not surprised or
shocked in who was there.

So, either Karkaroff lied, possible, or Voldie had a clear enough mind
to keep secrets.

Melody