Former U.S. Navy employee Jonathan Pollard and his friends haven't given up on their attempts to have him sprung from prison, 19 years after he was sentenced to life for spying on the U.S. on behalf of Israel.

At Pollard's official web site, his supporters are trying a new tactic. Not only will they continue to ask the government to release Pollard, and continue to seek redress in the courts, they will name names and take individuals to task for not speaking out strongly enough:

In an attempt to penetrate the wall of silence, J4JP is undertaking to publish Pollard's List. This is a compilation of the names of well respected writers, opinion makers and editors who routinely have a great deal to say about Israel and Jewish issues, about justice and fair play - and nothing about Jonathan Pollard. The more prominent names have, as a rule, studiously avoided writing anything at all on the case for the last 2 decades. A mere handful have written about the case - but that was years ago- and they have been silent ever since.

What do we hope to accomplish by compiling this list?

For nearly 2 decades we have been privately reaching out to prominent persons, journalists and opinion-makers, sharing information and new developments, desperately seeking their help. But to no avail. It is our hope that by raising consciousness about this conspiracy of silence and the damage it is doing to Jonathan Pollard and to the Jewish People that they will search their hearts, heed their consciences, and find their voice.

In the year 2004, all of the old excuses for refusal to speak out about the Pollard issue no longer exist.

Pollard's list includes dozens of writers - from Mort Zuckerman to William Safire to Nat Hentoff.

Pollard's supporters also point to what they say is new evidence in the case, including a memo written by then-Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger which they say undermines key points of the U.S. case against him.

Espionage remains one of the most serious offenses in the U.S., but at the same time Pollard's supporters don't seem to be going away.