Snape the Spy (WAS Re: Who was responsible for Sirius' death? ...)

[Zara]

No: HPFGUIDX 167684

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "houyhnhnm102" <celizwh at ...> 
wrote:
>
> zgirnius:
> 
> > The Order knew Voldemort was after the prophecy (and 
> > this could be the information Snape provided at the
> > Order meeting at the start of OotP).
> 
> houyhnhnm:
> 
> The meeting on the day Harry arrived at 12 GP was a 
> major meeting, according to Fred, but I think the Order 
> was alerted to Voldemort's interest in the prophecy much 
> sooner than that.  Ron tells Harry on that first evening, 
> while the meeting was still going on, that "some of them 
> are standing guard over something.  They're always talking 
> about guard duty." 

zgirnius:
The Order had a guard posted at 4 Privet Drive. The references to 
guard duty could have been about that. (It is what the text suggests 
as the solution, though as it is Harry, and he has at times jumped to 
conclusions, you could be right). There is also the reference to 
plans of a building at the same Order meeting at which Snape 
reported. If that building was the Ministry, it would tie in with my 
idea, they were figuring out where to post the guard, where the 
propecies are kept, etc.