Dumbledore's Trust of Snape

[Donna]

No: HPFGUIDX 80631

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bohcoo" <sydenmill at m...> wrote:
> I would love to hear your theories as to what Snape could have done 
> to have earned this depth of trust from Dumbledore? 
> 
> 
> Thanks for sharing your viewpoints!
> Bohcoo

D says -

Now I have no canon to back this up, but I think the reason DD trusts 
Snape is that he recruited Snape to be the spy.  DD knows there is a 
spy in the Potter camp (at least IMO this is the reference I get from 
Sirius).  The spy has been passing LV information for at least a year.

DD knows Snape is heavily into the Dark Arts.  He knew more Dark 
Magic that many 6th years.  He must have been into Occulmency (sorry 
about the spelling).  DD probably taught Snape to be a superb 
Occulmens.  Then, he sent him to the DE's to be a spy.  

I cannot see LV tolerating a spy in his camp.  When he talked about 
the 3 missing DE's in GoF, I do not think Snape was one of them.  
Certainly Karkarof was and Barty Crouch, JR.  But I believe one of 
the three was Bagman.  He did say one of them would be eliminated and 
Karkarof and Bagman are both missing at the beginning of OotP.

Would LV tolerate Snape with his plans for the DoM if he knew Snape 
was a spy for DD?  Not likely.  I think Snape is deeply embedded in 
LV's network and will play a very important role in the future.

As I said, I have no canon to back me up.  But I thought this might 
be an interesting theory.

D