&gt;The government&#x27;s decision to begin the AWA filing without notifying Apple, instead leaving Apple to find out about it from the press, probably did not help the relationship.<p>This doesn&#x27;t seem substantiated by facts. Apple had been discussing the case with the fbi for 2 months (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;02&#x2F;18&#x2F;technology&#x2F;apple-timothy-cook-fbi-san-bernardino.html?_r=0" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;02&#x2F;18&#x2F;technology&#x2F;apple-timothy-c...</a>). Also Apple wanted the order to unlock it to be kept secret, and the fbi did not (there&#x27;s another nytimes source on this, can&#x27;t find it at the moment).