Witness to LV attack on Harry at Godric's Hollow

[Hagrid]

No: HPFGUIDX 77947

--- "Arya" <dequardo> wrote:
> SNIP
> In PoA, (US, p205, bottom) Fudge says "And then, barely a week 
> after the Fidelius Charm had been performed--" that Black betrayed 
> them (meaning that was Halloween night when Volde lost his 
> powers).  So we have the Potters only going under Fidelius a week 
> before their death. and nearly a year and a half after the prophecy 
> was made.
 
> I say that Dumbledore kept it a secret for a long time until such a 
> time as his "network of spies (same chapter of PoA) could inform 
> him that the Potters were in danger.  


Earlier in that same chapter Fudge said, "Not many people are aware 
that the Potters knew You-Know-Who was after them. Dumbledore, who 
was of course working tirelessly against You-Know-Who, had a number 
of useful SPIES. One of them tipped him off, and he alerted James and 
Lily at once. He advised them to go into hiding."

I think this is where Snape proved his loyalty to Dumbledore. He was 
that spy. After Black went to Azkaban, Snape was awarded the Hogwarts 
teaching position (that is why Sirius was suprised to hear that Snape 
taught at Hogwarts. It happened after he went to prison.)

However, I think Snape was more loyal to LV than OotP then. Even 
though no DE knew all the others (because LV didn't trust them with 
all the information) Snape knew Peter was a DE. He may have even 
recruited Wormtail into the DE. 

(I still don't trust Snape completely. Because of:
- JKR interviews
- his delay of 2 to 4 hours to send Harry help in the MoM
- the bad intuitive feelings from Harry, Neville, Moody and Black
- LV would want a spy close to Dumbledore ... before and now 
- how my dad hid christmas gifts "Don't hide something in a place you 
think no-one will ever look. Hide it in a place where they have 
already looked, and thought they found eveything." Snape was thought 
to be the bad guy in PS/SS, but wasn't.)

aussie