Exercise 2. Say whether the following statements are true or false. Correct false statements

1. Prior to the 1970s American airports had maximal securityarrangements to prevent aircraft hijackings.

2. Sky marshals were introduced in 1970, there were sufficient numbers to protect every flight and hijackings continued to take place.

3. Title 14 restrictions did not permit a relevant airport authority to exercise any oversight over checkpoint operations.

4. The Aviation and Transportation Security Act generally required that by November 19, 2002 all passenger screening must not be conducted by Federal employees.

5. Passenger and baggage screening is now provided by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), part of the Department of Homeland Security.

6. Provisions to improve the technology for detecting explosives were included in the Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.

7. With the increase in security screening, some airports saw long queues for security checks.

8. The "screening passengers by observation techniques" (SPOT) program is operating at some U.S. Airports.

Exercise 3. Paraphrase the following sentences.

1. Sky marshals were introduced in 1970, but there were insufficient numbers to protect every flight and hijackings continued to take place.

2. The Aviation and Transportation Security Act generally required that by November 19, 2002 all passenger screening must be conducted by Federal employees.

3. The SRT program also works with smartcard technology along with fingerprint technology to help verify passengers.

4. Noticing the demand for new technology in airport security, General Electric (GE) started to develop the Secure Registered Traveller System.

5. To alleviate this, airports created Premium lines for passengers traveling in First or Business Class, or those who were elite members of a particular airline's Frequent Flyer program.