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Somebody hiding in the laptop chassis some kind of object that can be used to harm others.

The X rays are certainly not perfect and there is certain probability something goes unnoticed. In normal case we just make a trade off between convenience and security. In this special case somebody wants to play it safe.

May be there's a loophole in x-ray machines that scan cabin bags, but not in the machines that scan checked-in bags?

(just guessing, if at all "it was driven by intelligence of a possible attack")

Why is the ban targeting only these specific airlines? Are they so confident that a potential perpetrator couldn't fly in on Delta through Paris?

Sounds like the threat is not about generic attack against airplanes, but more targeted towards specific people traveling from certain countries to US.

https://xkcd.com/651/