Is Wormtaiil an Occlumens?

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 95266

Corinth wrote: 
> Very likely, but the question remains whether Pettigrew had anything 
> to hide when he first joined the Order.  My impression has always 
> been that he was part of the Order for a while before Voldemort 
> approached him.  Otherwise, why would Voldemort have wanted him for
a spy in the first place?  No extreme abilities (no well-known 
> abilities, at least), no record of reliability, whiny and annoying, 
> etc.  Given Peter's track record in school, Voldemort could hardly 
> have expected Dumbledore to simply accept him into the Order, no 
> questions asked, simply for showing interest.  If the plan was to 
> insert a spy as a new member of the Order, there must have been 
> better candidates out there.
> 
> Instead, Voldemort took a look at those he knew were in the Order
and asked himself, "Who can I most easily cooerce/threaten into giving
me some information?"  Peter was an obvious choice.
> 
> So it is entirely possible that Peter was able to pass Dumbledore's 
> legilimency test when first joining, not due to Occlumency, but due 
> to the fact that he wasn't yet a spy.

Carol responds:
I agree that Peter was in the Order before he became a spy and I don't
think he was an Occlumens. But how would LV know who was in the Order
unless a spy had informed him, and who could that spy have been other
than Peter?

Carol, with apologies for the short post