If Jim HAD got the job with Homeland Security and gone to Colombia...
...that would have made for a damned interesting movie in its own right, don't ya think? I mean, I would love to see a movie based on a guy (like Jim, sorta messed up with lots of skeletons in his closet) having a hard time getting accepted for employment by Homeland Security, but then somehow "breaking in" by the skin of his teeth. Then he gets sent to some foreign drug zone to carry out various black-op missions like the ones that guy (Gillespie?) told him about. Oh, and toss in lots of those incredibly beautiful Colombian women like the guy was telling Jim about.