A terrorist is a person who spreads fear. I'd feel safer in a world without Cheney; that's murder, not terrorism! :)
Eugen Leitl <[email protected]> wrote: > >http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/cheney-had-heart-device-partially-disabled-to-prevent-a-terrorist-from-sending-a-fatal-shock/2013/10/18/ca6e2d7a-384d-11e3-89db-8002ba99b894_story.html > > >Cheney had heart device partially disabled to prevent a terrorist from >sending a fatal shock > >Olivia Harris, Pool, File/Associated Press - In an interview with CBS’ >”60 >Minutes,” former Vice President Dick Cheney says he once feared that >terrorists could use the electrical device that had been implanted near >his >heart to kill him and had his doctor disable its wireless function. > >By Associated Press, Saturday, October 19, 1:34 AM > >WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Dick Cheney says he once feared that >terrorists could use the electrical device that had been implanted near >his >heart to kill him and had his doctor disable its wireless function. > >Cheney has a history of heart trouble, suffering the first of five >heart >attacks at age 37. He underwent a heart transplant last year at age 71. > >In an interview with CBS’ ”60 Minutes,” Cheney says doctors replaced an >implanted defibrillator near his heart in 2007. The device can detect >irregular heartbeats and control them with electrical jolts. > >Cheney says that he and his doctor, cardiologist Jonathan Reiner, >turned off >the device’s wireless function in case a terrorist tried to send his >heart a >fatal shock. > >Years later, Cheney watched an episode of the Showtime series >“Homeland” in >which such a scenario was part of the plot. > >“I found it credible,” Cheney tells “60 Minutes” in a segment to be >aired >Sunday. “I know from the experience we had, and the necessity for >adjusting >my own device, that it was an accurate portrayal of what was possible.” > >Cheney and Reiner are promoting a book they co-authored, “Heart: An >American >Medical Odyssey.” > >In the “60 Minutes” interview, Reiner says he worried that Cheney >couldn’t >stand the pressure that came on Sept. 11, 2001, the day terrorists >attacked >the U.S. Medical tests seen that morning showed Cheney had elevated >levels of >potassium in his blood, a condition called hyperkalemia, which could >lead to >abnormal heart rhythms and cardiac arrest. > >Reiner says he watched news coverage of the day’s events on television >and >thought, “Oh, great, the vice president is going to die tonight from >hyperkalemia.” -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
