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I think that the general tendency away from profiling is a natural response to the abhorrent racial profiling that has occurred (and still occurs) in the United States.
Besides, it doesn't seem that implausible that relying on profiling would eventually just lead to pat downs for everyone anyway. If the TSA starts overtly giving extra scrutiny to certain folks, it will become more likely that potential terrorists will attempt to circumvent that scrutiny by deploying folks who don't "fit the description". If these new folks are successful, then a new group joins the list of folks to be scrutinized; if these new folks get caught, then a new group joins the list of folks to be scrutinized. This dynamic will repeat. The tendency will ultimately be towards increased scrutiny for everyone, which will mean, you guessed it, TSA touching all up on you like it's your first time alone on a greyhound bus.
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