PoA - Snape Knew? (w/ canon)

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No: HPFGUIDX 143420

Ginny wrote:
"PoA, Am. 368-You haven't been hiding from me for twelve years," 
said Black. "You've been hiding from Voldemort's old supporters. I 
heard things in Azkaban, Peter. . . They all think you're dead, or 
you'd have to answer to them. . . ."<snip>
Okay, this is the canon that makes me think that the DEs knew Peter 
was the one who "double-crossed" and gave the information to 
Voldemort, even though the rest of the wizarding world thought it 
was Sirius. It is possible I am reading it wrong or reading too much 
into it. At any rate, it sounds like Voldemort's supporters are mad 
at Peter for some reason. But if everyone thinks this is nothing and 
I am off base, I will gladly drop it. :)" <snip>


CH3ed:
I agree with Ginny that the DEs knew Peter was the Secret Keeper 
(had Sirius been the SK and blabbed to Peter, that info still can't 
have been passed on to LV because in order to be able to find the 
Potters LV had to have heard it from the SK himself...like Harry had 
to read the note from DD in order to see 12 GP). So the most obvious 
conclusion is to extend that Snape knew that Peter was the betrayer 
and murderer(of 12 muggles) and not Sirius. 

However, it is still possible that Snape didn't know about Peter 
being a DE. The DEs are so mistrustful they don't even all know each 
other (tho I'd like to hear JKR explain how that is since all the 
DEs are supposed to show up whenever LV touches the mark on one of 
their arms). 

I think that even if Snape really knew that Sirius was innocent in 
PoA, his actions in that book don't necessarily means he is in LV's 
camp. When it comes to dealing with the Marauders and Harry, Snape's 
emotions is quite strong. The man is a malicious git (trying to 
poison Neville's toad, ignoring Hermione's growing tooth after she 
got hit by Malfoy's spell in GoF, disgusting tasks during 
detentions, etc), so I can see even a DDM Snape try to send Sirius 
back to Azkaban even when he is innocent. 
:O) CH3ed