[HPforGrownups] Re: Doesn't Voldemort know about Snape's loyalty?

[David Gabbard]

No: HPFGUIDX 107660

 Julie says:
> This is the main reason I have a hard time believing the "Snape as 
> a double agent" theory. 

 If Voldemort's main 
> objective is to kill Harry, and Snape is a double agent, then 
> *why* hasn't Snape taken care of Harry already? What reason would 
> Snape have to keep playing the spy game, not to mention helping to 
> keep Harry alive to grow stronger and more skilled at Wizardry? 

David Asks:

I have a very hard time with the Snape as a double agent theory. If Snape was still in Voldemort's service as a trusted death eater, then why didn't Voldemort just give Snape direct orders from the back of Quirrel's head?