Why Couldn't LV get the prophesy for himself?

[sofdog_2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 75284

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mhershey2001" 
<mhersheybar at h...> wrote:
> Here is something that has bothered me about the whole "setting 
Harry 
> up to get the prophecy" thing.  I know the implication is that LV 
> didn't want to go get the prophecy himself because it would risk 
> being seen, so he had to invent a trap to lure Harry there 
instead.  
> However, the entire description of the MoM leading up to the point 
> where Harry actually takes the orb off the shelf is one of an 
utterly 
> dark, quiet, closed place in the middle of the night.  I mean, the 
> six Hogwarts kids spend what seems to be quite a long time there 
> before they get to the orb room, roaming around, making some noise, 
> looking at things, etc., and no one comes running - they don't trip 
> any sensors, etc.  It doesn't even appear that any Order members 
are 
> guarding the door anymore - when did that stop?  After the attack 
on 
> Arthur?  So my question is, why couldn't LV just have Apparated in 
> front of the orb, taken it off the shelf, and then Disapparated?  
> After all, didn't he just want to stay hidden until he got the 
> prophecy so that he could see what was in it?
> 
> Mhershey

Sof:

Hm. According to Dumbledore's explanation, LV was trying not to 
reveal that he was in fact back in the flesh by getting caught at the 
Ministry. He wound up blowing his cover anyway, which has put all of 
Wizardom on its guard, but he was trying to avoid that.