Snape and the MOM (Was: Snape the coward or the one left forever?

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 92781

Carol wrote:
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.)<<

Pippin responded:
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.
 
Carol:
You seem to be assuming that LV knows that Snape is in the Order. I'm
assuming that his membership in the Order is part of what he's
covering up and that he's only sharing information about Hogwarts and
Dumbledore with LV. Do you have any basis for your view? Wormtail
wouldn't have known about Snape's membership in the Order, which
hadn't even come about when Wormtail saw him. Also, Snape and Sirius
were on opposite sides when Wormtail saw them together. So how would
LV (or Malfoy, Snape's probable contact now inconveniently in Azkaban)
know that Snape is in the Order? Why in the world would he tell them? 

The only "evidence" I know of is that Wormtail told LV that Sirius was
an animagus and Malfoy told Snape that he saw Sirius in dog form at
Platform 9 3/4. That doesn't necessarily indicate that LV and Malfoy
know that Snape is in the Order. And I don't think Kreacher could have
told Narcissa because he was under orders not to reveal the Order's
secrets, which would certainly include its membership.

Any thoughts?

Carol