>> We are just going through the motions looking for WMDs. We won't find any.
>
> Why won't they just plant 'em? Cops plant drugs on ordinary suspects;
> why wouldn't they do the same, given the high stakes of this game?
>
> Doug
I'd guess that it's because the cops are working in a system where the presence of evidence counts for something, whereas if such a system exists for the US, it must be amongst the first targets.
Thiago