The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court scolded the government...

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court scolded the government for not being more forthcoming about certain cases and “material” information about preservation orders it was involved in. This came amid recent fillings on whether the government could hold onto phone metadata for longer than five years. FISC Presiding Judge Reggie Walton issued the order (http://1.usa.gov/1dxXiGo) Friday, asking the government to explain by April 2 why it failed to provide information regarding other relevant cases to that question. “As the government is well aware, it has a heightened duty of candor to the Court in ex parte proceedings,” the FISC said. The FISC “expects the government to be far more attentive to its obligations” to the FISC, it added.