That's how I read this RichardSF. It's not practical to frisk/refrisk and perform detailed hand inspection of every passenger. So they're going to go back to random searches (same as pre-Christmas), but add passengers from 7 countries to the selectee list.
It appears to me that the TSA is announcing, "No more 100% frisking and hand inspection" under the guise of "increased security for certain passengers.
A partially bald friend of mine just had them go through his hair at CDG.
This does not, however, address the particularly insane restrictions on Canada-US flights.