PoA - Snape knew?

[juli17 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 143372

 
ginny343 wrote:
> > That given, I am a little confused about why Sirius was  believed 
> > to be a spy.  Did they think there was two spies  working on the 
> > same thing?  

va32h: 
Well, the  people who think Sirius is the betrayer (not necessarily spy) are 
people who  aren't in a position to know better. Fudge, Lupin, McGonnagal - 
they all  believed Wormtail's cover story - 
accusing Sirius, faking his own death. Now  Snape probably knows that 
Sirius never worked for Voldemort. But Snape  loathes Sirius - he has 
no motivation to do Sirius any favors.  




Julie:
Also, does Sirius actually have to be "working" for Voldemort to give
up the location? One reason he wanted Peter to be the Secret Keeper
was because if Voldemort tortured him he *wouldn't* be able to give
away the Potters' location. So Snape and everyone else might have
assumed Sirius gave up the location to save his own skin, without 
actually joining Voldemort's camp. (And if one were to assume he
did turn spy at that point, he still wouldn't have had the chance  to
work further for Voldemort since he was remanded to Azkaban almost
immediately after the Potters were killed.)
 
Julie 


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]