Were Dumbledore & Snape involved in James & Lilly's death+ LV downfall?

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No: HPFGUIDX 90232

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "elfundeb2" <elfundeb at c...> 
wrote:
> Debbie Roberson wrote:
I think only the Potters were in hiding, and it wasn't because of
the prophecy. I don't believe Dumbledore learned that Voldemort
knew about the prophecy until much later. Of course, I don't know
how reliable Fudge is on such matters, but my primary canon is the
following, from PoA, ch. 10:

"Fudge dropped his voice and proceeded in a sort of low
rumble. 'Not many people are aware that the Potters knew You-Know-
Who was after them. Dumbledore . . . had a number of useful spies.
One of them tipped them off, and he alerted James and Lily at once.
He advices them to go into hiding. . . . Dumbledore told them that
their best chance was the Fidelius Charm."

Since the Potters were attacked only a week after the Fidelius Charm
was performed, it appears that Dumbledore didn't realize how much
Voldemort knew about the prophecy until the spy (Snape! Snape!)
informed him. I doubt the Longbottoms were ever under similar
protection if Dumbledore relied on his covert information. And
since the attack on Godric's Hollow, Dumbledore has clearly
believed -- as he tells Harry at the end of GoF -- that Harry is the
one and Neville accordingly wouldn't need protection.

Bookworm:

That's assuming Fudge knows the true story, not just the official 
one.

Going back to the original post (#90008), the theory suggested that 
Voldemort *didn't* know about the prophecy until just before the 
attack on the Potters.  If the whole thing was a scheme to test 
Snape's reliability, then very few people would have known the 
details. 

I'm sure, though, that Dumbledore told the Potters and Longbottoms 
early on so that they could take precautions. Which leads to the 
next question - what kind of protective charm was placed on Neville??

Ravenclaw Bookworm