PERISIK – PELENGKAP SESUATU OPERASI (part 1)

DEFINASI PERISIK
Sex and espionage certainly go together -- that's an old tradition.
- Markus Wolf, head of international intelligence gathering arm (HVA) of East Germany's Ministry for State Security (MfS), or Stasi.(1)

Ada beberapa makna yang dapat disimpul mengenai perisik ini, menurut Frederick Hitz, perisik membawa erti intelligence officer with assumed identities and no diplomatic protection.(2) sementara http://www.thefreedictionary.com/espionage mentafsirkan perisik sebagai; someone employed to spy on another country or business competitor (3) ia juga ditafsirkan sebagai; An agent employed by a state to obtain secret information, especially of a military nature, concerning its potential or actual enemies. (4) Bagi laman web http://www.wordiq.com/define/Spies.html pula, ia mentafsirkan perisik seperti berikut; A person sent secretly into an enemy's camp, territory, or fortifications, to inspect his works, ascertain his strength, movements, or designs, and to communicate such intelligence to the proper officer.(5) Maka bolehlah disimpulkan bahawa perisik ini merupakan satu aktiviti yang melibatkan kegiatan merisik secara sulit bagi mendapatkan maklumat serta dat-data tertentu dari pihak musuh mahupun negara sahabat.


SEJARAH KERJAYA SEBAGAI PERISIK
"Real time information collection & dissemination in today's highly mobile warfare will help the commander 's task of putting together a comprehensive picture. More so like putting pieces of a jigsaw puzzle together in order to see complete picture about wfat is actually going on in the battlefield."
- Brig Gen Hanif Othman (6)

Menurut BBC, kerjaya perisikan merupakan satu kerjaya yang kedua tertua di dunia.(7) Laman Wikipedia menulis secara ringkas tentang sejarah dunia perisikan, ia mecatatkan; Incidents of espionage are well documented throughout history. The wisdom of Sun-Tzu contains information on deception and subversion. The ancient Egyptians had a thoroughly developed system for the acquisition of intelligence, and the Hebrews used them too. More recently, they played a significant part in Elizabethan England.(8) Sun-Tzu pernah menulis dalam bukunya yang terkenal iaitu, Art of War sebagai, mengenali musuh seperti anda mengenali dirisendiri, nescaya kita tidak akan tewas dalam petempuran" dan "angkatan tentera tanpa agen perisik samalah seperti manusia tanpa mata dan telinga".(9) Begitu juga di dalam sejarah islam, para perisik juga kerap digunakan bagi tujuan meninjau tahap kekuatan musuh-musuh mereka sebelum sesuatu peperangan dijalankan. Ini terbukti apabila Nabi Muhammad sendiri telah menghantar dua belas orang kaum muhajirrin yang diketuai oleh Abdullah bin Jahsyi ke Mekah bagi meninjau kekuatan pihak musuh sebelum peperangan Badar.(10)

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End Note

1. Wolf, Markus. Interview with CNN reporter. The Man Without a Face: An interview with Markus Wolf. Jan. 1998. 16 July 2005 http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/experience/spies/interviews/wolf/.
2. Hitz, Frederick P. The Great Game. New York: The Vintage Books, 2004. 19
3. "Espionage agent." 16 July 2005 http://www.thefreedictionary.com/espionage%20agent.
4. Ibid
5. ""Spies "" 16 July 2005 http://www.wordiq.com/define/Spies.html.
6. Wahab, Zaharin A. "Quotes of The Day." 13 Aug. 2004. 16 July 2005 http://www.danchan.com/weblog/rainman/116962.
7. Reynolds, Paul. "The world's second oldest profession." 26 Feb. 2004. BBC News Online world affairs correspondent. 16 July 2005 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3490120.stm.
8. "Espionage." 17 July 2005 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage
9. Wahab, Zaharin A. "Perisikan - satu analisa (bah 1)." 24 Dec. 2003. 16 July 2005 http://www.danchan.com/weblog/rainman/83612.
10. Ibid

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