Why Couldn't LV get the prophesy for himself?

[mhershey2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 75286

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sofdog_2000" 
<sofdog_2000 at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mhershey2001" 
> <mhersheybar at h...> wrote:
> > Here is something that has bothered me about the whole "setting 
> > 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.

Exactly my point.  It just seems to me that he could have easily 
avoided being caught in the flesh by grabbing the prophecy in the 
middle of the night - he only would have had to be in the MoM for a 
minute or two.