Huge clue to Snape's true allegence hidden in OotP?

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No: HPFGUIDX 144738

Diana:
>So, if Snape is capable of repeatedly telling undetectable lies to
> Voldemort does that pretty much mean he's on the side of the
> good?

Orna:
Not necessarily, but Seems like it. The only sure thing is, that it 
gives him or JKR unrestricted space for telling whatever story she 
likes in book 7, since every thing he said in former books, might be 
a complete and undetected lie – by Voldemort, by DD, by Harry.

>kchuplis
>And in just re-reading Spinner's End, I notice that at no point does
>Snape say anything that actually indicates knowledge of what "the
>task" is. Instead, his dialogue (which goes on for pages, so my cite
>is "Spinner's End" pages 32-37, Scholastic, 2005) is skillfully
>designed to *get* information and not *give* it. He often says
>nothing at all or says something in such a generalized way that it
>seems he knows something but never anything specific, which leads to
>drawing more information from Cissy and Bella. He's pretty tricky
>ol' Snapey is. Personally, I think it is DDM!Snape all the way.

Orna:
That would be a very risky thing to do. Since you can bet, Bellatrix 
is going sooner or later to say something to Voldemort, about 
confiding in Snape this high-secret plan. Snape might of course say, 
he thought they were talking about Draco's mission to collect 
Flobberworms <g>, but still it would be a very risky thing to do, 
not to mention finding himself bound by an UV to perform an unknown 
task, which might even involve murdering DD, Harry, or who knows.
I'm not saying, it wasn't like this – canon supports it, and perhaps 
the truth is somewhere in between – he knew something, legilimenced 
something, guessed something, and drew information – after all a spy 
is bound to be very good in things like this. But it was a very 
risky thing, which put him in an impossible place.
Might be another reason for him to burst into flames when Harry 
accuses him of being a coward.

Orna