Snape's involvement in the murder of Sirius

[lealess]

No: HPFGUIDX 169260

> Jen: Maybe I'm thick but isn't that blowing his cover if he's on
> the up and up?  He's saying he passed information to help dispose 
> of Black but Black wasn't actually supposed to be at the MOM. Order 
> members weren't supposed to be there.  When Harry tried to contact 
> Sirius only Kreacher was around, so there was likely a plan to 
> plant the vision when no one else was present at GP except Sirius
> and he was to be occupied with Buckbeak.  And Harry was supposed to
> be at Hogwarts with no Order members around except Snape to know
> when he left the premises.  So isn't Snape saying he had something 
> to dowith getting Sirius to the DOM by making that claim?
> 
> Jen
>

Voldemort was in and out of Harry's head all that year.  Couldn't 
that have been how he learned of Harry's regard for Sirius Black, 
through images gleaned from Harry's mind?  After all, Voldemort was 
able to transmit fabricated images directly to Harry, so why couldn't 
the transmission work in reverse?  Wasn't Voldemort able to discern 
Harry's desire to recover his parents in front of the Mirror of 
Erised?  (I hope that isn't movie contamination; I rarely have the 
books with me.)  Voldemort is skilled at recognizing what he 
considers weaknesses in others, love especially, and using that 
against them.

I still maintain that Snape verbally used the demise of Black to 
bolster his case with Bellatrix, but he really had no active role in 
either informing Voldemort of Harry's special regard for his 
godfather, nor did he assure that Black went to the MOM.  Who was 
going to contradict Snape's story that he did have a role?  As to the 
relationship, he may have just confirmed what Pettigrew told 
Voldemort, or what Voldemort himself perceived in Harry's mind.  And 
if he told a story of *having* to call the Order in at the latest 
possible moment to keep his cover, presumably there were no 
witnesses, with Black dead, to contradict a claim that he assured 
Black went to the MOM.  What does Snape have to fear if he takes 
credit for helping to finish off Black?  It's all gain.  He can claim 
involvement and tweak Bellatrix at the same time.


Hoping I'm on topic now,
lealess