If he works in national security and gets foreclosed upon.. he is going to have some real tough times with his clearance!!.
He said he works for Homeland Security. That’s not national security, that’s the TSA and likes. IMHO, the bottom of the barrel, (no offense to OP’s lawyer’s friend).
Homeland Security was basically a giant fraud of an employment act and Government graft seasion for corporations and the marginally employable.