LV's Choice: Potters or Longbottoms or Both?

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 99047

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "karenoc1" <karenoc1 at y...> 
wrote:

karenoc1:
> This is an interesting theory, but I'm having problems with the 
> timing of the events.  I believe that we can assume that Voldemort 
> found out about the prophecy *before* Harry and Neville were born.  
> However, he does not attack the Potters until one year and three 
> months *after* Harry and Neville are born.  The Potters (and 
possibly 
> the Longbottoms) went into hiding as soon as Dumbledore learned 
that 
> the prophecy had been overheard by someone loyal to Voldemort.  
> (Isn't there a strong theory that Snape may have told Dumbledore 
that 
> Voldemort was after the Potters and why?)  And then, Voldemort 
would 
> have had to take the time to recruit a spy close to the Potters 
(and 
> possibly a spy close to the Longbottoms) in order to find them and 
> attack them.  But would that have taken over a year to accomplish?  
> Voldemort had a lot of followers and spies at this point; he was at 
> the peak of his power.  I believe he took time to consider which 
boy 
> might be a greater threat to him and then decided on Harry and not 
> Neville at all.  After he defeated the Potters, he (or one of his 
> followers) could always take out the Longbottoms.  

Geoff:
May I direct your attention to the following messages, which formed 
part of a thread entitled "Marking as an Equal" and which covered 
this question of the time delay....

82446, 82534, 82575, 82583 and 82607