All the subjects required for an Auror - Was Re: YES (Did Snape Murder DD?)

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Rachel:

> As an aside, do we know of any information Snape has passed onto the
Order as a spy?

houyhnhnm:

At the beginning of OotP, it seems the Order already knows quite a bit
about Voldemort's designs on the prophecy.  (Sturgis Podmore guarding
the Department of Mysteries, Sirius' mention of "stuff he can only get
by stealth", the parchment with what looks like the plan of a building).

Dumbledore knows that Voldemort forced the truth out of Lucius Malfoy
about the diary and that Voldemort's anger was terrible to behold.

He also knows a good deal about the Voldemort's relationship with Nagini.

It is not stated directly that the information came from Snape, but it
seems like information that could only have come from someone able to
get very close to Voldemort.  If Dumbledore had other spys that deep
in Voldemort's camp, then the whole issue of "why Dumbledore trusts
Snape" would have to be reviewed.