Snape's reporting methods

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 97620

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Tanya Swaine 
<swaine.t at x> wrote:
> Right, reading this, it had me wondering.  I have heard often 
that Snape is likely to report regularly to Dumbledore, and as 
these are Dumbledore'spersonal memories.  I wonder if the fact 
that Snape is not looking at Dumbledore while talking, whether 
that actually helps him with occulumcy.  If he doesn't have a 
visual memory........................
>

Fascinating! When I first read your post, I thought you were 
suggesting Snape was putting his memories in the Pensieve for 
Dumbledore to read. I see that's not what you meant. But that 
would provide a perfect reporting method! Snape would  have no 
memories at all of communicating Voldemort's secrets to 
Dumbledore, while Dumbledore could (apparently)  observe 
everything just as if  he had been an invisible presence at the 
scene.  

So Snape's conferences with the Order at Grimmauld Place are 
just for Voldemort's benefit--with Snape telling the Order only 
what Voldemort wants it to know. Meanwhile any real secrets 
Snape finds out get communicated via Pensieve.

Pippin