Still got them back though.
You said once lost never regained.
D'uh.
We got them back 60 and 150 years ago. Have you noticed that government has expanded since then and that liberty and the public's understanding of liberty has receded?
Now that we are always at war and against a real but hard to pin down and identify enemy, the government will not be as willing to relinquish any power ceded to them.
The government's security measures are aimed at protecting the government, not us, or haven't you noticed that either?