By Jeremy Gillick In August of 2005 the United States made an unlikely indictment: following an FBI raid on AIPAC's offices, it accused Steve Rosen, one of the pro-Israel group's most senior and influential lobbyists, of passing classified information leaked to him by a Pentagon analyst to the Israeli government. The pro-Israel community rushed to his defense, but newspapers worldwide pounced on the case, using it as a springboard to attack AIPAC. The indictment itself was sufficient to disgrace Rosen, who soon lost his job, and whatever the trial's outcome, it seemed unlikely that he would ever regain his influence or stature. Now, with his long-awaited trial less than two months away (it's scheduled for April 29), Rosen has re-emerged, according to several reports, as the man responsible for the downfall of Charles (Chas) W. Freeman, Jr, who...

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