Does LV know it was Snape who sent the Order to the MoM? (Was: Snape the Coward?

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No: HPFGUIDX 92776

> Carol again:
> 
> 
> Sorry. I don't follow. How would the Order have known that Harry was
> missing (and heading for the MoM) if Snape hadn't told them? <snip>
> It's only when LV senses that the prophecy has been broken that he
> risks everything to apparate into the atrium of the MoM, where he's
> forced to fight the newly arrived Dumbledore. Bellatrix will tell 
him
> what happened in the battle, but LV (with her help) will have to
> figure out how the Order and Dumbledore knew to go there. Malfoy, in
> prison, already knows the events in the MoM, but he, too, will be
> thinking about the Order and Dumbledore. And IMO, they will both
> arrive at the same conclusion. Only one person could have known that
> they were trying to steal the prophecy AND that Harry had gone to 
save
> Sirius. So I ask again, who could it be but Snape and what lie can 
he
> possibly tell to get out of this one? IMO, he'd better stay at
> Hogwarts (or wherever DD goes in Summer) because with all his
> intelligence and all his skills, he's not safe anywhere else.

Neri:
LV can probably think of many ways the Order could have been told 
besides Snape telling them. It is reasonable that DD has more people 
in Hogwarts reporting him. Flitwick, for example. Or Harry could have 
sent one of his group on a thestral to Grimmauld place. Or maybe 
anyone of Harry's friends left behind in Hogwarts had a two-way 
mirror or another connection with one of the Order members, or they 
flew to Hogsmeade on a broom and notified Aberforth (assuming he is 
the barman at the Hog's Head). There are many possible ways.

Going by muggle espionage standards, Snape was blown as an agent many 
years ago. However, IMHO he is not doing it in the muggle way. I 
think that whenever Snape goes to give his report to LV, LV 
legilimens into Snape's mind to see if he is still a loyal DE, and if 
he tells LV the truth. Snape (probably with DD's help) had found a 
way to fool LV's legilimency abilities. This is the only reasonable 
explanation I can see, and it will enable Snape to get away with it 
this time too.

Neri