Snape on probation

[tallulah_sam]

No: HPFGUIDX 80377

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Joanne Summerill" 
<jsummerill at s...> wrote:
> Why was Snape put on probation by Umbridge?  She seemed satsified 
with his teaching.  Also she seemed to listen to Malfoy's opinion of 
him.  I can think of 2 reasons.
> 
> 1)  She thought Snape was too close to Dumbledore.
> 2)  She found something out about his background.
> <snip>
> JoTwo

I always thought that he was simply put on probation for not 
supplying Umbridge with the Veritaserum and being "deliberately 
unhelpful". She didn't need a better reason- she was the High 
Inquisitor. 
Just my thoughts!

Tallulah