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Dick Cheney Had Implanted Defibrillator Altered To Prevent Terrorist Attack

An anonymous reader writes "According to the Washington Post, '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. ... 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.' More at CBS News."

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  1. Re:Please don't die!! by koan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The worst of the worst will take office in 2016, Hillary Clinton.

    Hence the never ending "pro female" rhetoric and propaganda oozing out of the usual outlets.

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  2. Re:CHENEY IS "TERROR'S BEST FRIEND" by rtb61 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This only real speaks of Darth Cheney's extreme fear of death. It's hanging around all those right wing pseudo Christian freaks. It must be festering in the back of his diseased mind, "If there is a hell, I'll be really, really roasting for ever". Over a million dead to feed his greed, youch, when it comes to what might happen after death, it certainly unlikely to be good for him and it's hardly surprising he is desperate to put it off for as long as possible. Leaving in fear like that has to suck and likely is just a taste of his future.

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