[HPforGrownups] Omniscient Dumbledore (Was Re: Snape's AK Failed!!!, and DADA responses)

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 135211

Julie says:

Meanwhile, we get the impression he does share quite a bit of
Order business with Snape, which only makes sense as Snape
is DD's inside man in the DE (or as inside as he can be without
the kind of full "betrayal" that would convince LV beyond of his 
loyalty beyond a doubt--such as killing DD). And I also think 
DD and Snape do share some plans relating to Harry, as with
Occlumency and perhaps the HBP textbook. 
 
I agree that Snape isn't DD's confidante in the fullest sense, 
any more than McGonagall, or Mad-Eye Moody, or Harry. But
DD has still trusted Snape with a *lot* of information,  especially
over the past several years. If DD's trust in Snape is misplaced,
then DD has made a huge mistake, VERY huge, far more so
than any other misjudgment we've seen from him, because
it affects exactly those he has sworn to protect, the Hogwarts
students, and Harry himself. They are all now in much greater
danger from Voldemort and the DEs if Snape has truly joined
them. This magnitude of misjudgment makes DD not only
fallible, but I think his standing as a great wizard would be  
somewhat tarnished.

 
Julie 




Sherry now:

Do we really know that Dumbledore has confided so much to Snape?  What do we
actually know that he's confided about the order, or Harry, or horcruxes or
anything.  Just because Dumbledore trusts Snape's reasons for returning,
trusts him individually, doesn't mean he trusts him with tons of
information.  Dumbledore even makes Harry promise not to tell anyone but Ron
and Hermione about the horcruxes.  Dumbledore seems to be the kind of
general who works on the need to know basis.  i grant you that by reading
mostly the audio books, I probably miss some details, but is there actually
canon to show that Dumbledore trusts Snape with a lot of information?  After
all, if Snape is indeed Dumbledore's spy, the less info he has about DD's
plans and theories, the safer the good side is.  You wouldn't want your spy
to have a lot of information that could be tortured out of him, if he gets
caught.  

sherry