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Interesting Tidbit - L Verge - 10-19-2013 07:07 PM
Well, Abraham Lincoln may have had premonitions of being assassinated, but at least he didn't have this method of his death to worry about:
Former Vice President ***** 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.
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 was aware of the danger, if you will, that existed, but I found it credible," Cheney tells "60 Minutes" in a segment to be aired Sunday. "Because 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."
RE: Interesting Tidbit - RJNorton - 10-20-2013 05:51 AM
Vicki and I have become addicted to a new TV show entitled "Hostages." I won't discuss the plot here other than to say it's about another "unusual" method to kill the president. (Did I hear someone say the doctors killed Garfield?)
RE: Interesting Tidbit - LincolnMan - 10-20-2013 07:32 AM
Besides the possibilty of terrorists conducting an assassination of the type Cheney feared- i would think he would be concerned that any hacker might do the same. Hackers seem to live to create damage and destroy.