Who knows about Horcuxes? (Was: Minerva and Tom: 6 theories)

[mandorino222]

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Chrusotoxos now
 
Why didn't Dumbledore tell her about Horcruxes? 


Nick now:

Dumbledore can't people that he knows about the horcruxes.  What if 
Voldemort catches them and forces them through legilmency to reveal 
all they know?  Game's up.  Voldemort will be on the watch for 
horcrux thievery and Harry will be screwed.  The only reason he 
tells Harry is because Harry's only one who can destroy them, i.e. 
he HAS to.  Plus, if Voldemort is in a position to legilmens Harry, 
the game is up anyway.

Dumbledore did tell one other person: Snape.  Snape's skills as an 
occulmens would make him the only person that Dumbledore would be 
able to trust with that information.  The fact that Snape knows 
about the Horcruxes and Voldemort hasn't acted on it would be a very 
good indication that Snape is 1) trustworthy and 2) capable of 
closing his mind to the Dark Lord.

Also I don't buy the Bellatrix told Regulus theory.  
R.A.B. "discovered" the secret.  The word choice does not jive with 
a blundering exchange of confidence. 

Nick