[HPforGrownups] OOP Snape's Veritaserum

[Robert A. Rosenberg]

No: HPFGUIDX 67769

At 22:31 -0500 on 07/05/2003, Amanda Geist wrote about Re: 
[HPforGrownups] OOP Snape's Veritaserum:

>Other than the plot answer--in character, I think that Snape probably did
>give her fake stuff. If he wanted Umbridge to find anything out, I'd think
>Snape is quite intelligent enough to manipulate circumstances to let her
>know whatever specific thing was required. A Harry ready to spill his guts
>about anything she happened to ask can hardly be considered a reliable way
>to feed certain key facts.
>
>Also, considering some of the things Harry has been privy to concerning
>Snape, I doubt Snape would want Umbridge to have even potential access to
>any of that.

Snipe would definitely give Umbridge Water not real Veritaserum no 
matter what. Unless he is a DE double agent who is known and as such 
to Umbridge (who needs to be a DE herself known as such to Snipe) any 
other situation would potentially expose him to her as a member of 
the Order of the Phoenix if Harry was not smart enough (as he turned 
out to be) to avoid drinking the Veritaserum.

Speaking of Veritaserum - Why was its possible use not mentioned in 
the Trial Sequence. It would seem to me to be a good way of getting 
at the truth instead of the error prone "Taking Unverified Testimony" 
which was used. I posted a separate question ("Truth and Justice in 
the Wizard World") on this earlier this evening expanding on the 
issue.