Short answer is that - No they cannot help. Some folks say to contact Congressman etc, but none of these things can help. You can check the forums, posts, or talk to attorney. I had talked to my attorney now (and had checked in past with multiple resources too). it is just a bad time consuming process and takes it course. Really the thing is that how slow the clearance checks are. Sometimes they speed up and you see people responding 10-14 days. Others take longer.