Snape as DE (was Re: Percy's Letter (Was: Is Percy a spy?))

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snipping my post.
Totorivers wrote:
> I see. I'd like to know which scenes you are talking about, 
though, 
> when you said others didn't know about Snape. Plus, it could also 
> mean that Snape came and promised Dumbledore just before the end. 
> We know the ministry had no ideas, but when did the ministry was 
> secure? Plus, we don't know if every member knew every one.
> 


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DD told the Hearing that Snape had "rejoined ourside before LV's 
fall"  (GoF) We do not know if that is days or months.  But it was 
long enough for Snape to gather more information "at great personal 
risk."

Therefore, he did come back afterwards, like other suspected DEs, 
and he didn't just leave the DEs but helped "our side, at great 
risk."

In the Shrieking Shack, (PoA) Black is surprised to learn that Snape 
is at Hogwarts.  While it isnt surprising the two would lose touch 
after school, it does mean that Black didn't know that Snape was 
helping DD against LV. I'm taking that to mean, that no one else did 
either. So while Snape now comes openly to Order meetings, it seems 
to be that he did not do so before.

The whole point of this was, I think, that Percy could be working 
for DD without the rest of the Order knowing.  I'm not completely 
sure.  So I'm keeping an open mind.  Mothering soul that I am, I 
want him back home!

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