As Snowman indicated, TSA PreCheck and Global Entry (also Clear) are good only in the U.S. or entering the U.S. The removal of electronics, not just laptops, from carrryons for screening has been common for a while in many countries. There is no consistency on what has to be removed from carryons throughout the world. There is also no consistency on what is allowed in carryons. I have been required to remove and place in checked baggage my regulator in the Phillippines and my point and shot camera and portable power for cellphone in China. I have even seen on a flight from Morocco when arriving in Paris, that every passenger had to go through a security check on the jetway with all carryons being individually searched before they were allowed into the airport. Some electronics were confiscated at that time. I don't know what was told to the passengers regarding their electronics since the conversations were in French. We have been incredible lucky in the U.S. not to have had to face the security checks found elsewhere in the world.
