Cheney afraid of terrist h4x0rs

[cathalgarvey@cathalgarvey.me (Cathal Garvey (Phone))]

A terrorist is a person who spreads fear. I'd feel safer in a world without Cheney; that's murder, not terrorism! :)

Eugen Leitl <eugen@leitl.org> 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 CBSâ??
>â??60
>Minutes,â?? 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 â?? 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 CBSâ?? â??60 Minutes,â?? 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 deviceâ??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
>â??Homelandâ?? in
>which such a scenario was part of the plot.
>
>â??I found it credible,â?? Cheney tells â??60 Minutesâ?? in a segment to be
>aired
>Sunday. â??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.â??
>
>Cheney and Reiner are promoting a book they co-authored, â??Heart: An
>American
>Medical Odyssey.â??
>
>In the â??60 Minutesâ?? interview, Reiner says he worried that Cheney
>couldnâ??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 dayâ??s events on television
>and
>thought, â??Oh, great, the vice president is going to die tonight from
>hyperkalemia.â??

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