Dumbledore's Trust of Snape

[bohcoo]

No: HPFGUIDX 80590

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "feetmadeofclay" 
<feetmadeofclay at y...> wrote:

Golly ("feetmadeofclay") wrote in post #80503 (regarding Snape): 
DD is the type of man to take a risk and give a person a second 
chance to prove himself.  I always suspected he gave him a job at 
Hogwarts to protect him and make leaving LV easier.  
 
But as a spy he could very well have turned out to be triple agent- 
no matter what he did what he was 16. 
Golly

Now Bohcoo:
Wasn't it a very dangerous thing for Dumbledore to have given Snape a 
residental Professor position with Harry, The Boy Who Lived, around 
unless he was beyond a shadow of a doubt that Snape wasn't a spy for 
Voldemort?

I would love to hear your theories as to what Snape could have done 
to have earned this depth of trust from Dumbledore? 

Do you think this trust is misplaced? Do you really believe Snape is 
a triple spy?

Do you think Snape is only safe on the grounds of Hogwarts and in 
places like Grimmauld Place? Do you think he could ever even go in to 
Hogsmeade?

If one of the Death Eaters came on Hogwarts grounds, (a likely 
occurrence since many of them have children in school there) could 
they harm Snape if his cover with Voldemort is blown?

Thanks for sharing your viewpoints!
Bohcoo