This reaction is perhaps the most important -- and devastating -- consequence of WikiLeaks, and the one that should give us the most pause.
You know how bad it is to miss out on sleep, so it can feel like insult added to injury to read yet another newfound, devastating consequence of insufficient sleep: heart disease, heart attack, high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes, mental impairment, etc.
And a news release from the speaker's office had the headline: "White House Outlines Devastating Consequences of President Obama's Sequester".
May talked about the "devastating" consequences of using a mobile while driving, during a trade mission to India aimed at boosting economic ties.
Northern Ireland should push the EU to grant it special associate or even membership status to avoid the "devastating" consequences of Brexit for Irish people, Martin McGuinness has said.
It now also symbolizes a potential ticking time bomb for the US national security apparatus, which is awaiting the possibly devastating consequences of their secret cyber war on Iran: an attack on any one of thousands of computer networks that keep the nation humming along.
In the end, the Fed's action was not aimed at rescuing those who made bad decisions out of greed or stupidity, but at protecting the rest of the country — and indeed the world — from the possibly devastating consequences of a financial meltdown.
On Tuesday, the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, reiterated the "devastating" consequences of closing the camps, and announced that his deputy, Jan Eliasson, would visit the country in the coming days to try to persuade Kenya to reverse its decision.
Enda Kenny acknowledged the "devastating consequences of unemployment and emigration", but thanked the Irish people for the "part they had played" in restoring Ireland's sovereignty.
Rep. Lieu and Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) are circulating a letter citing the devastating consequences of Saudi Arabia's U.S.-backed war and calling for a delay in the tank deal to allow Congress to have a full debate on the sale; as of this writing the letter had garnered 46 signatories.
