Two Wormtails was Re: Plot in OotP (wand confusion)

[Renee]

No: HPFGUIDX 118347


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> 
wrote:

> 
> The theory is that Voldemort used the code name Wormtail  for 
> his spy Lupin in Voldemort War One, in order to taunt  James 
> and mislead Dumbledore. It is doubtful that any of Voldemort's 
> agents, including Snape, knew who this "Wormtail" really was. 
> If Snape was  quite sure that it couldn't have been the 
> real Wormtail (Peter), it would explain why he refused to listen 
in 
> PoA.

Renee:
I wrote in my previous post that you didn't answer Nora's question 
why Lupin would be Wormtail, but now I see that you did while I was 
writing my comment. 

Even so, I don't quite understand the argument, because if James had 
known there was a spy called *Wormtail*, would he even have taken 
the slightest risk to make Peter his Secret Keeper? And for the 
taunt to work, James must have known. 
  
Renee