[HPforGrownups] Re: On the trivial and the profound.

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 165653

Jeremiah LaFleur wrote:
>>There is one major piece of information
>>which I have yet to hear ANY
>>ESE!Snape explanation for:
>>Why did Snape tip off the OOP about
>>the raid on the Ministry
> 
> Voldemort's plan was to trick Harry to go to the ministry, but when
> Snape showed up Harry was already caught by Umbrage so Snape figured
> the plan had failed, it never occurred to him that Harry would manage
> to escape and make it all the way to the ministry. With the plan
> canceled anyway it couldn't hurt to tell the Order of the Phoenix
> what Harry said, in fact he had to if he wanted to remain a spy for
> Voldemort. Ron, Hermione, Neville, Luna and about a dozen other people
> heard Harry talk to Snape about Padfoot, and sooner or later the Order
> would hear about it and wonder why Snape didn't tell them immediately.

	And why didn't he tip off the DE's that Harry wasn't coming?

	Bart