Cabinet first - a not-so-serious thought

[Eddie]

No: HPFGUIDX 157790

> Betsy Hp:
> Though honestly, I'm really wondering how you explain Voldemort 
> sending the keystone cops to back Draco while keeping Snape out of 
> the loop.  I mean, Dumbledore's death is a bit of luck isn't it?  
> There's no way Voldemort could have known Dumbledore was off to 
> collect a horcrux and drink some poison while he was at it, is there?

Eddie:
I agree with this bit.  There seems to be lots of reasons to have
included Snape -- he knows the castle better than anybody, including
Draco; he knows the password to Dumbledore's office, which is probably
necessary; etc -- and only one reason to not include Snape:
Voldemort doesn't fully trust Snape.

While I'm on it, why would a plan to kill Dumbledore wait for a night
when Dumbledore wasn't there?  That seems exactly wrong.  Yet another
reason to have included Snape -- he would know Dumbledore's comings
and goings better than anybody.  A better plan, if Voldemort was
willing to trust Snape, is to get everybody in, follow Snape to
Dumbledore's office at a time when they know he (DD) would be there,
and take him by force.  Why rely on the Dark Mark to summon Dumbledore
to the top of the tower?

I have two reasons this might be:
(1) Jo Rowling has a really good reason but we don't know it
(2) Jo Rowling doesn't, but hey, it's children's literature and it's
exciting anyway even if it doesn't hold up to several years of daily
scrutiny by exacting fanatics on Yahoo.  Heck, what other literature
could?

Eddie