Why Couldn't LV get the prophesy for himself?

[greatelderone]

No: HPFGUIDX 75314

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Danger Mouse" 
<dangermousehq at h...> wrote:
> GEO:
> Red eyes could be solved by a color changing/masking charm. He's as 
powerful as Dumbledore, and throws AKs around without blinking, so 
something so simple as a cosmetic charm or potion should be easy 
work. Aurors can do it, who not Him?

GEO:Those aurors are humans and in Tonk's case metamorphagi. 
Voldemort is no longer human and certainly not a metamorphagi. Again 
I don't think Voldemort would risk his own very neck and possible 
detection to get the prophecy. 

>Further, if the prophecy was stolen, do you think the MoM would tell 
anyone? Probably not. 

GEO: The same ministry that reported the successful escape of 
Bellatrix and co? So yes they would have reported it to the prophet 
and it would then make more people suspicious despite their attempts 
to hush it up.

>Further, everyone already knew the Death Eaters had escaped and were 
>back. It would be expected that a DE would try to do something 
>illegal, as opposed to living out their lives in Sweden rolling in 
>the grass, singing showtunes.

GEO:And why would they rob the prophecy room? If anything the 
continued presence of DEs escaping and spreading terror would have 
gotten more people suspicius and helped gather more people towards 
Dumbledore's side. Remember people were already suspicious when the 
ten in Azkaban escaped despite Fudge saying that Sirius was behind it.
 
>  Agreed. It's very possible the prophecy security could have been 
transferred psychically back to Voldemort. But we saw that curses 
could break the prophecies fine. A well-controlled one,aimed straight 
at the prophecy in question would have broken it, and allowed 
Voldemort to watch it roll.
> 

GEO: A well controlled one? Magic by definition is hardly a precise 
science and I don't think Voldemort would have risked getting the 
prophecy smashed since he needed to hear it.