Why DD trusts Snape, Pettigrew and GH

[juli17 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 140423

 
Saraquel:

Rather  than turf Pettigrew out, DD and Snape now have a cover for 
Snape, they can  feed deliberate misinformation through Pettigrew and 
real but harmless  information through Snape, if necessary. I'm not 
quite sure at what point  Snape started to openly work at Hogwarts or 
as a 'spy' for Voldemort. If  Voldemort starts to suspect a double 
agent, he will go for Pettigrew  rather than Snape, or Snape can 
finger Pettigrew to Voldemort to get  himself off the hook, pointing 
out that the information he has been  feeding him is bogus.

At some point later on, Pettigrew is made secret  keeper by Sirius. 
As far as DD and Snape were aware, Sirius was the  Potter's secret 
keeper, and according to how the Fidelius Charm works,  even if 
Pettigrew had known the secret he would not have been able to blab  
it to Voldemort.  Therefore neither DD nor Snape would not have  
suspected Pettigrew until Sirius turned up in PoA.  

And  finally, now for the bangy bit -Why does DD not want to tell 
Harry this  information – because DD and Snape kept Pettigrew in the 
Order, even  though they knew he was a spy for Voldemort and they did 
not let Sirius  into the loop. One of DD's huger mistakes I think.

How does that  sound?

Saraquel


Julie says:
It's hard for me to believe Dumbledore wouldn't at least find it  suspect
that *two* of the four marauders had turned out to be traitors, and 
that he wouldn't investigate Sirius's alleged guilt much more deeply
than he did (if he knew Pettigrew was a spy). You'd also think this  
fact would bring about a passing thought to Dumbledore's  mind
that Pettigrew could have manipulated or otherwise gained access
to the Secret Keeper role. In which case Dumbledore deliberately
let good people suffer and die for his *plan*, making him  Puppermaster
Extreme. I also think Snape would have shown some reaction  (if
only one of his signature twitches) to the revelation that Peter  was
the Secret Keeper--unless he's an amazing actor who can pretend he
never knew anything about Peter's real character while simultaneously
expressing an impassioned glee that Sirius was about to pay for his
crimes. (I don't think he's that good an actor when expressing  
emotions are involved, only when the acting involves *hiding* his 
feelings.) 
 
If your theory is true, I do agree Dumbledore certainly wouldn't
want to tell Harry that he didn't have Pettigrew immediately 
arrested and remitted to Azkaban, or that he allowed Sirius to
rot in Azkaban when his guilt was doubtful. It hardly bears thinking
how angry Harry would be if he knew how much a hand Dumbledore
had in his parents' death and his godfather's twelve years of  misery. 
Forgiving Snape would be child's play next to forgiving Dumbledore.
 
Which, I admit, is part of my reason for not buying this theory. I
do believe Dumbledore makes mistakes, some of them big, but I 
don't think he would sacrifice innocent people just to assure 
the success of any plan, even one to save the WW. 
 
Julie 
 


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