Snape and the MOM Re: JKR chat--Snape the coward or the one left forever?

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 92655

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
> Carol wrote:
> As I've said, I think his position as seeming spy for Voldemort 
and real spy for Dumbledore is now in great danger of being 
exposed because both LV and Malfoy will (rightly) suspect him of 
having  acted for the Order instead of for them in the MoM affair. 
>  
> Susan:
> Carol, I'm intrigued as to why you believe Snape's now in great 
> danger of being exposed because of the MoM affair. Do you 
think  Voldy & Lucius believe DD only came because Snape 
must have told him  what was happening?  
> <snip> 
> 
> 
> 
> Yes. Exactly. Maybe I'm assuming, as usual, but Kreacher 
probably knew that Snape had contacted the Order members 
and he could well have reported it to Malfoy or Narcissa. Even if 
Kreacher didn't talk, therewas no one else at Hogwarts who 
could have told Dumbledore and the Order to go to the MoM to 
rescue Harry. (It couldn't have been McGonagall, who was in St. 
Mungo's, and besides, she knew less than Snape about LV's 
plans.)<<

Snape only needs to tell Voldie that he's  just discovered that the 
Order knew all along that only Voldemort or Harry could get the 
prophecy from the MoM and that the Order had also been 
informed about Harry's dreams about the Department of 
Mysteries.  So when Snape reported to the Order that Harry was 
missing, after searching in the forest and otherwise delaying as 
long as he could without rousing suspicion,  they unfortunately 
already knew where to look. 

He could also claim that he could hardly avoid contacting the 
Order about Harry's cryptic message, since it would definitely 
have aroused Dumbledore's suspicions if he hadn't. Even if 
Harry never came back from the Department of Mysteries, a 
number of other students had heard him.

Pippin