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12 August 2008 6:36 PM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

Never one to let a good political story go undetected, George Clooney has acquired the rights to the legal thriller The Challenge, Jonathan Mahler's book about the defense of Salim Hamdam, bodyguard and driver for Osama bin Laden.

According to Variety, Clooney will produce the film with Grant Heslov under their Smoke House banner, and there remains the strong possibility that Clooney could direct and possibly star in the film, as well. In fact, there is plenty of speculation that Clooney would play U.S. Navy lawyer Charles Swift, who along with Georgetown law professor Neal Katyal, fought to ensure a fair trial for Hamdam.

Some observers feel that the demands and particular nature of the case cost Swift his job and his marriage, which can certainly lend itself to a Cloon-esque performance following his Oscar-nominated turn in Michael Clayton.

On August 7th, Hamdan was sentenced by a panel of

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1 article from 2008