DD and the rat: Conspiracy theories compared [LONG]

[snow15145]

No: HPFGUIDX 115820


First off I would like to compliment you, Carolyn, on your excellent 
post of conjoined information over the suspects at GH. 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/115794
I have no qualms or answers to any of the questions you submit but 
you did make me think of a new scenario to be considered. 

What if the GH events were set up as a means to flush out the spy 
that they knew existed instead of what we have been conditioned to 
think? 
Snape came to Dumbledore with what was evidently valuable information 
about what Voldemort knew from his informer. Snape is adamant that 
Sirius is the betrayer when he states that James was too arrogant to 
believe he might be mistaken in Black.  Just maybe Dumbledore had 
talked with James, and James alone, about this knew found information 
not only concerning the fact that Voldemort might attempt to kill his 
son but that the spy was said to be Sirius. James and Dumbledore's 
plan may have been to flush out the spy by appearing to set up the 
fidelius charm and its secret keeper to find the true culprit. 

So we have Peter that we are told was the spy, Sirius who was accused 
of being the spy, and Lupin who was suspected to be the spy by James 
and Sirius. All suspects! All guilty or all innocent, who's to blame? 

Then there is Dumbledore who appears pleased at the escape of Peter 
to ultimately resurrect Voldemort. Dumbledore allows, whether or not 
he believes Sirius to be guilty is unknown by his statement to the 
authorities, Sirius to spend twelve years in prison without so much 
as a howdy-do while he was in there. Dumbledore employs Lupin the 
werewolf to teach even though Snape, whom Dumbledore evidently trusts 
with his life, is highly objectionable to the appointment of this 
character he doesn't trust and believes to be in cahoots with Black. 
Dumbledore definatly has his suspicions.

If you want to know how to judge a man just look at the way he treats 
his inferiors. If you want to know what Dumbledore thinks just look 
at the way he remains calm in what we, as readers, are to believe to 
be a crisis. The only time you get a rise out of Dumbledore is where 
it directly concerns Harry. 

Just, who was involved in the fidelius charm, secret-keeper, Godric's 
Hollow expedition
the whole kitten caboodle! Why has it been so 
difficult to pinpoint the spy
 because all involved felt as guilty as 
Sirius representing himself to Harry as the guilty party when he 
first met face-to-face with Harry in the shrieking shack. All of the 
suspects appear to be guilty in one way or another to make the reader 
uneasy over the obvious straightforward explanation. They all have 
guilt but to what extent are each guilty towards the escapade at GH? 

The missing portions or unanswered questions hold the further 
theorizing key. Some of what we don't know that holds that key:

(1)	Exactly what does Voldemort know from his spy and did the spy 
actually receive this information himself or from another source who 
lost something in translation?   
(2)	What did Snape tell Dumbledore that was so valuable that 
Dumbledore would now trust a known death-eater with his life?
(3)	Did James really trust Sirius after hearing from Dumbledore 
that Sirius may have been the spy? (Dumbledore didn't necessarily 
divulge his source)  
(4)	Was the voice Harry heard, that he assumed was his dad, 
really his dad and if not where was his dad?

The last question is the biggest for me. This is the most supportive 
of my proposed theory that GH may have been a set-up to flush out the 
spy. James couldn't believe that his best friend, his brother, could 
possibly be a traitor but his wife and his son's life are endanger
if 
they could just catch the culprit they would have the upper hand and 
James could once again be assured of his devoted friends loyalty. 
Where could James have been and ultimately killed if he were not at 
home telling Lily to run for it? 

Snow