Wednesday, January 12, 2005

PERISIKAN: MANUAL ATAU AUTOMATIK

Casper W. Weinberger menulis;
Our big gap and the capability we most need can only come from human intelligence – information gathered from human resources on the ground in enemy territory. In short, we need spies.” [1]
Boleh lah disimpulkan bahawa keberkesanan sesuatu projek risikan tidak akan mencapai tahap maksima jikalau tanpa bantuan perisik insani (human intelligence), dan Cuma mengharap sumber risikan elektronik atau satelit. Trend organisasi perisikan dunia sekarang seperti CIA, dan lain-lain lebih cenderung menggunakan system moden seperti satelit perisikan, radar dan juga UAV [2]. Kecenderungan ini jelas dinyatakan oleh seorang penyelidik di Virginia, John Pike, katanya;
“They are not going to conduct any operations without using satellite imagery to understanding where every house and hill in the area.” [3]
Pasca 11 September menyaksikan operasi menyeluruh CIA untuk memburu Osama bin Ladin. Atas arahan President Bush, CIA diarah untuk menyerang sasaran – sasaran milik al – Qaeda seperti infrastruktur komuniksasi dan pemerintahnya. [4] Sejak itu CIA telah mengoperasikan UAV dari jenis Predator RQ – 1 dan disenjataai dengan Hellfire anti – tank missiles. [5] Pada Nov. 3, 2002, sebuah Predator milik CIA telah berjaya menyerang sebuah konvoi kereta dan membunuh enam orang yang di syakki anggota al – Qaeda di Yaman. [6] Tetapi apabila President Bush melantik Porter Goss menjadi Pengarah CIA yang baru menggantikan Tenet, Goss beranggapan;
“The core business of intelligence is spying.” [7]
Oleh itu Goss telah mengumumkan bahawa CIA “… to launch a much more aggressive espionage campaign …” [8] Bagi Goss penggunaan ejen insani (HUMINT) untuk mencari maklumat lebih effective dari menggunakan alatan moden. Katanya; “It needed clandestine officer who know how to run agents into hard targets area…” [9] Saranan ini disokong oleh Congressmen Lee Hamilton, bekas Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Congress mengenai Perisikan, katanya;
“You have to have spies on the ground to get location in real time, to know where he sleep that night. You have to penetrate their language, their culture.”[10]


End Note
[1] Weinberger, Casper W. Human Factor: Weinberger says electronic intelligence is important, but there’s no substitute for old – fashioned spies. Women’s Quarterly, Auntum, 2001.
[2] Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Seperti Global Hawk atau Predator.
[3] Wahab. Zaharin A. Operasi Perisikan dan Sejarahnya. Unpublicized Articles. See also: “War and Technology in the 21st century.” The Star. In Tech ed. Oct. 16, 2001. page 11
[4] “CIA Gets New Powers to Eliminate bin Ladin as UAVs get armed.” Internet: www.spacedaily.com
[5] Ibid
[6] The World Almanac & Book of Fact 2004. CD: Selectsoft Publishing.
[7] “How deep are the CIA’s divisions?” Gordon Corera. Ana. BBC News, Internet: http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk
[8] “CIA plans riskier, more aggressive espionage.” John Diamond. US Today. Internet: http://news.yahoo.com
[9] Corera, Ibid.
[10] Weinberger. Ibid

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