Source: Hollywood Reporter

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Paul Haggis wants to appoint Vince Vaughn to his hot-button political drama AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, the film version of Richard Clarke's inside-Washington memoir.

While no offer has been made to the "Wedding Crashers" star because Columbia Pictures is fine-tuning the film's budget, the helmer has had discussions with Vaughn about filling the role of the FBI's John O'Neill, says the trade.

Sean Penn, who recently cast Vaughn in his drama "Into the Wild," has been widely reported to be on board to play Clarke.

AGAINST ALL ENEMIES chronicles how the Bush administration handled the al-Qaida threat both before and after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The former U.S. terrorism czar's story offers an insider's account into the nation's security apparatus, featuring a cast of Washington power brokers.

Haggis is supervising scribe James Vanderbilt as he pens the second draft of the screenplay based on the book published by Free Press in 2004.