[HPforGrownups] Snape and Quirrell/Voldemort

[millergal8 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 44148

In a message dated 9/17/02 9:33:54 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
olivia at rocketbandit.com writes:

<< So, wouldn't Voldemort hear Snape threatening Quirrell? Doesn't that
 incriminate Snape and endanger his double agent status? >>

Well, even if Snape did luck out, his days as a double agent are over anyway. 
 my books are currently on loan so I am just going to wing this so forgive me 
if I am off a bit somewhere.  While Harry is looking into DD's pensieve, he 
sees karkaroff's "trial" where he is naming off other prominent DE's.  He 
names Snape, at which point, DD stands up and announces to the room that 
Snape is a spy for him (DD).  This statement pretty much negates Snapes 
usefullness as a spy, considering the public (most prominently, Rita Skeeter) 
was allowed to be present.  
As for who V'mort meant when he referred to the traitor DE, I am almost 
positive he meant Snape.  I am basing this on the above arguement, that DD 
blew Snapes cover wide open, how could v'mort not know that Snape had turned? 
 
My question is, why in the world would DD do this?  I know the hearing was 
after V'morts downfall, but it still would have been handy to have an "inside 
guy" to try and get the DE's that got off.  Plus, I think that even then, DD 
was smart enough to know that v'mort was only temporarily gone.  

Christy