On June 2, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency released its second annual Tearline yearbook – a compilation of articles focused on issues affecting national security derived solely on research and open-source information.
The yearbook highlights 14 articles published by NGA’s Tearline Project providing open-source intelligence on topics like Russian oil and gas activities in North Africa, Chinese infrastructure investments in Namibia and railroad construction in Kazakhstan.
One article examines the operating status of a North Korean prison camp for political prisoners. North Korea officials publicly announced closing 20 years ago; however, the authors used current satellite imagery and interviews with former detainees to reveal the camp is still active.
NGA’s Tearline Project, a congressionally supported publication platform, is an ongoing series of collaborations with academia and non-profit groups to create public-facing, open-source intelligence on various strategic, economic and humanitarian intelligence topics that are under-reported. The project supplies open-source intelligence for NGA, federal partner agencies and the public usage to support and assist in the agency’s mission.
Learn more about Tearline, including how to propose a research topic.
Source: NGA
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