Harry's protection

[romuluslupin1]

No: HPFGUIDX 112536

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "snow15145" <snow15145 at y...> 
wrote:
> 
> (Major snipage)
> 
> Kneasy:
> GH - a spell (probably a form of possession or mental intrusion)
> that is repelled by the protection. Is the protection general or
> specific to the spell used?
> 
> 
> Snow:
> 
> Going once
going twice
sold! Brilliant Kneasy! JKR has such a 
knack 
> at leading one into assumption. The spell used at GH has always 
been 
> referred to but never identified as an AK, it's always the spell 
that 
> was used that night or something as equally evasive. 

Jumping in late, as usual, I know, but this message caught my 
attention.

Ok, I know someone else must have pointed that out by now, but Fake!
Moody does name the spell as an AK, when he says to the 4th-year 
Gryffs that the only survivor to the AK is sitting in front of him. 

What interests me about the protection issue is how did LV know 
about it? And he did know, so much so that he was willing to put off 
his reappearance a whole year just to steal Harry's blood and get 
the protection himself.

Harry does tell DT about his mother's sacrifice leaving a protection 
in him, but how did this bit of information pass from Diary!Tom to 
LV? Are they connected somehow? (This would also explain how DT knew 
so much about his future, apart from Blabbering!Ginny). Or did PP 
tell him? I don't remember if Scabbers was with them when the Trio 
discussed the subject. IIRC, Scabbers spent most of his time dozing 
on Ron's bed, rather than in his pockets.

Romulus Lupin, who already asked this same question about LV in his 
very first post and was completely ignored.