Terror suspect argues security measures are stopping him finding a wife Dan Squires, appearing for AM, said he had now been subject to Tpims and control orders for nearly five years - the longest surveillance period of any terrorism suspect. "The impact has been devastating," he said in written submissions to the court. It has come at a critical time in AM's life when someone from his community would have been expected to marry and start a family. Mr Squires also challenged several of the restrictions imposed under the Tpim, including one that prevents AM from meeting anyone without giving the security services two working days' notice of who he is meeting, and where. This was making it "extremely difficult to engage in any kind of normal social life and, coupled with other conditions, has added to the difficulty of meeting a potential spouse." Any woman agreeing to meet AM was likely to be vetted by the Security Services, and possibly be contacted by them. Unsurprisingly, said Mr Squires, AM simply did not start that process - "for a person of AM's age hoping to marry that is a very significant interference with his life." The Government believes such measures are necessary to protect the public when suspects cannot be put on trial for reasons of national security. A Security Service witness told the court it was "not accepted" that it was impossible for AM to find a wife while under restrictions. Mr Squires suggested that the only example of such a marriage taking place involved a woman who herself had "an extremist mindset." Home Office lawyers said AM was assessed to have been involved in the 2006 transatlantic airlines plot in which suicide bombers planned to detonate liquid bombs on various flights from the UK to the US. Despite the disruption of the plot and many arrests, AM told an associate in October 2006 he was not compromised and remained willing to conduct an attack in the UK or Pakistan. Lisa Giovanetti, representing the Home Secretary, submitted he travelled to Oman in April 2007 for purposes connected with terrorism. A High Court judge later the same year upheld a control order, saying there was overwhelming evidence that AM was "an intelligent, capable, well-trained individual" who was "prepared to martyr himself." Urging Mr Justice Mitting to uphold the Tpim notice, Ms Giovanetti said there was nothing to demonstrate that AM had renounced his commitment to terrorism, and the notice was a "necessary and proportionate" way to manage the threat he continued to pose to the public.