Polyjuiced!Snape as a spy in Voldemort's camp

[pippin_999 <foxmoth@qnet.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 49744

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kelly L. 
<kethlenda at y...>" <kethlenda at y...> wrote:
  The 
> > polyjuice-and-spy scenario is a possibility, since Snape 
> > would have the knowledge of how to behave correctly among 
> the DEs.
> > In fact, now that I think about it, I really like this idea.
> 
> Me:
> Ooooh!  What if he goes back and pretends to be Barty Crouch 
> Jr.?  

This can't have been the plan that Dumbledore and Snape had 
"prepared" , because they didn't know that Barty Crouch Jr. was 
going to be kissed. Voldemort warns Peter at the beginning of 
GoF that the Ministry has ways of checking identities. Surely the 
same ways are available to Voldemort. Having used the 
polyjuice ploy himself, he will be wary of somebody using it on 
him. It would be safer for Snape to go back as himself and offer 
to resume his duties as Voldemort's double agent than to be 
caught entering Voldemort's camp in disguise. 

Even if Voldemort doesn't  believe Snape is loyal to him, it would 
be useful to pretend that he does so that he can feed 
misinformation back to Dumbledore. 

Pippin