Secrets from Harry (was: Lily's love)

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No: HPFGUIDX 127199


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Ann Crutchley" 
> If all that's true
> that they did research, why not do something to protect Neville? 
He 
was
> in danger too until Voldemort choose Harry. Not until that moment
did
> they know for sure who Voldemort feared was his equal. I

GEO: Because Snape who was Dumbledore's spy within Voldemort's inner 
circle informed them that Voldemort was going after the Potters not 
the Longbottoms. The Longbottoms were probably also in danger like
the rest of the OOTP for their opposition of Voldemort and his Death 
Eaters, but not a target like Harry and his parents.

This also brings up the question of why a pureblood fanatic like 
Voldemort saw Harry as a threat instead of Neville. True DD
postulates that it was because Voldemort saw himself in Harry, but 
the resemblances at that time was almost tenuous at best and 
Dumbledore certainly didn't have the opportunity to directly 
question Voldemort about his motives and his explaination in the 
finale of OOTP is at best speculation.