Snape's knowledge

[Tim]

No: HPFGUIDX 45455

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Melody" <Malady579 at h...> wrote:
> 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

Tim replies:

But then you turn to chapter 33 and Voldy is spouting out names for 
everyone there to hear.  I think the Karkaroff was giving names of 
DEs he knew couldn't hurt him for one reason or another in addition 
to giving them just enough names to keep himself out of Azkaban, 
which obviously worked.  

Tim