It is outright wrong, therefore, that some Europeans are now threatening to scale back cooperation with the U.S. on issues such as TTIP and security as a result of the NSA scandal.
On March 25, a day before Pence first signed Indiana's RFRA, Benioff became the first major business leader to speak out against the law by threatening to scale back his company's investment in the state.
In New York, Gov. David A. Paterson, a longtime union ally whose father is a top adviser to several unions, is threatening large-scale layoffs unless public sector unions agree to a pay freeze and re-open contracts.
In a meeting held in Jaipur with representatives of 19 Muslim organizations on the 19th of January, the day before our opening, while the great majority of the groups were happy to pursue peaceful protests, we organizers were confronted by a few thugs who were hell bent on creating serious trouble and threatened large scale violence and personal harm to Salman and us.
On January 21, the US ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle, threatened to scale back American health programs in response to the law.
The MPs have threatened larger scale protests and vowed to boycott June's peace jirga if the issue remains unsolved.
After a string of deadly attacks in Mogadishu and neighboring Kenya earlier this year, al Shabaab threatened to scale up bombings during Ramadan.
On the 21st of January, the US ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle, threatened to scale back American health programmes in response to the law.
Benioff also threatened to scale back the company's operations in Indiana unless the law was altered to protect LGBT people. .
Benioff first waded into the turbulent world of social politics in March 2015, when he threatened to scale back his company's investment in Indiana over a so-called "religious freedom" bill that allowed businesses to discriminate against employees and customers based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
