I asked that since one of the security vulnerabilities for any aircraft is during ground handling between sectors. (See the Metrojet, which took off from Sharm? Pan Am and Locherbie?)
Would the French officials want to dampen or amplify perceived lapses in Paris? That said, and considering the Flt 990 investigation and Egypts version versus NTSB version, maybe I should give the French authorities the benefit of the doubt.