Dumbledore's Spies

[narie]

No: HPFGUIDX 81596

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jakedjensen" 
<jakejensen at h...> wrote:
> I must admit that when I originally posted this "spy theory" I 
> secretly thought Snape might have been DD's "wizard on the spot."  
> However, it is also possible that someone else was there spying 
> for DD.  Here are some possibilities:
> 
> 1) Mundungus Fletcher
> 2) One of the Weasleys
> 3) Lupin
> 4) Mad-eye Moody
> 5) Figg
> 6) Hagrid (not a great "spy," but he was the first person there)
> 7) One of the Longbottoms
> 
> Jake
> 
> PS.  Someone backchanneled me asking, "why do I think DD even knew 
> where the Potter's were since he wasn't their secret keeper?"  If 
> I understand that spell correctly, only the secret keeper can tell 
> another person the secret.  So, Sirius or Wormtail could have told 
> DD where the Potters were, without sacrificing the location, because 
> DD could not tell others.  Moreover, the secret keeper could tell all 
> of the "spies" without sacrificing the secret as well.  For more info 
> on this, see OOTP (Grimauld Place).

The only problem with this theory is that then the spy would have 
known who the secret keeper was, as the secret can only be revealed 
by that specific person. If that was the case, you would have hoped 
*someone* would have informed Dumbledore or the Ministry of the fact 
that Pettigrew was the Potter's secret keeper, and not Black.

Also, a question that has been nagging me - would the Fidelius charm 
still work once the Potters had died, or does their death mean the 
end of the charm? 

I can't really think of any other way Hagrid and Sirius would have 
been able to find them if the secret was still, well, secret. For 
that matter, if the secret was still secret, and from my 
understanding of the spell (which is rather sketchy, granted), how 
did anyone manage to find the bodies of Lily and James to confirm 
their deaths?


Cheers,
narie. replying from digest, and 100 posts behind.