Senior officials have been quoted in the press as saying that the searches were for the purpose of excluding him as much as including him.
1	Senior	senior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	2:amod	_
2	officials	official	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	5:nsubj:pass	_
3	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	5:aux	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	5:aux:pass	_
5	quoted	quote	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	0:root	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	8:case	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	8:det	_
8	press	press	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	5:obl:in	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	10:mark	_
10	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	advcl	5:advcl:as	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	14:mark	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	13:det	_
13	searches	search	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	14:nsubj	_
14	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	ccomp	10:ccomp	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	17:case	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	17:det	_
17	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	14:obl:for	_
18	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	19:mark	_
19	excluding	exclude	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	acl	17:acl:of	_
20	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	19:obj	_
21	as	as	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	22:advmod	_
22	much	much	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	14:advmod	_
23	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	24:mark	_
24	including	include	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	22	advcl	22:advcl:as	_
25	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obj	24:obj	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	5:punct	_
