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For a brief time I was sent back, until my task was done.
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Is this just referring to the fact that he left for Valinor in the end? Or that he didn't know if Frodo would succeed, and assumed that he (Gandalf) and the rest might die before the Black Gate? (Forgive me, I can't remember exactly where that quote came from. The location of it probably explains it...
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none of you have any weapon that could hurt me.
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"None of you" - Axe, bow, and sword. No physical weapon can hurt him? What about something more violent, like Saruman's blasting fire? Or poison? Something from within, rather than from without?
That may explain why Pippin was able to sneak the Palantir, because Gandalf held him dear.
So...was Gandalf suceptible to treachery? Throw Denethor's madness into the mix and there's a whole new way to look at things...