Who knew Severus had been a DE?
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Regarding Nott--he's mentioned by Dumbles as part of the group waiting at the Hogs Head when Tom had his job interview with Dumbs.
Regarding who knew Snape had been a true Death Eater who (according to Dumbs) had turned his coat as a spy...
It seems to be the case that the information was either successfully suppressed or politely ignored. And I'm really not sure which.
On the suppressed side, a supposedly reformed DE is not on Rita's list of Dumble's doubtful hires in GoF, and Fudge really seems taken aback by Severus's Mark. If they hadn't found out, who had?
And really, don't you think the Board of Governors, in the heady post-Voldemort days, would have had something to say about that nasty-tempered, terribly young for the position, DEATH EATER Dumbles had installed a mere 2 months previously, even if the boy was supposed to have turned his coat and helped their side? It's not even like he'd had anything significant to do with Voldemort's defeat.
On the politely ignored side--there were 200 witches and wizards attending Karkaroff's hearing or whatever, and not a one of them talked? Yeah, that's likely.
Unless--they couldn't. The purpose of Karkaroff's hearing was for him to offer them names of previously unsuspected DE's in exchange (he hoped) for his freedom. And you certainly wouldn't want anyone tipping a friend off if s/he were named, would you? Maybe there's some sort of geas against speaking of anything one learned in a "closed" hearing. Which would explain why Crouch-playing-Moody would hint about Snape's former affiliations, but not say anything directly.
Thoughts?
Regarding who knew Snape had been a true Death Eater who (according to Dumbs) had turned his coat as a spy...
It seems to be the case that the information was either successfully suppressed or politely ignored. And I'm really not sure which.
On the suppressed side, a supposedly reformed DE is not on Rita's list of Dumble's doubtful hires in GoF, and Fudge really seems taken aback by Severus's Mark. If they hadn't found out, who had?
And really, don't you think the Board of Governors, in the heady post-Voldemort days, would have had something to say about that nasty-tempered, terribly young for the position, DEATH EATER Dumbles had installed a mere 2 months previously, even if the boy was supposed to have turned his coat and helped their side? It's not even like he'd had anything significant to do with Voldemort's defeat.
On the politely ignored side--there were 200 witches and wizards attending Karkaroff's hearing or whatever, and not a one of them talked? Yeah, that's likely.
Unless--they couldn't. The purpose of Karkaroff's hearing was for him to offer them names of previously unsuspected DE's in exchange (he hoped) for his freedom. And you certainly wouldn't want anyone tipping a friend off if s/he were named, would you? Maybe there's some sort of geas against speaking of anything one learned in a "closed" hearing. Which would explain why Crouch-playing-Moody would hint about Snape's former affiliations, but not say anything directly.
Thoughts?