Why Couldn't LV get the prophesy for himself?

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 75340

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Danger Mouse" 
<dangermousehq at h...> wrote:

> But he could still wear a mask like the DEs. I'm incredibly 
surprised that the most evil wizard of all time didn't come up with 
a better plan than "lure Harry Potter to do the dirty work." He 
could've disguised himself, possessed Nagini again and used 
her to just shatter the prophecy and release it, had a Death Eater 
just send a curse at the prophecy, break it, then get back to 
Voldemort (unless Voldemort just possessed that Death 
Eater--save time and effort). <

That presumes Voldemort knew what would happen if a 
Prophecy  orb were shattered, or even  knew that they *could* be 
shattered. Hermione tells us about an Unbreakability charm 
which she used to seal Rita in her bottle. Rookwood may have 
believed that the Orbs couldn't be broken. Also, I'm not sure that 
Voldemort would have trusted any one else to relay the Prophecy 
to him. He'd already been burnt once  by not hearing the whole 
thing.

As far as Voldemort raiding the Ministry in person, how could he 
be sure Dumbledore hadn't set a trap for him? Only by getting 
Harry to be his stalking horse.

Pippin