WASHINGTON D.C.: Detailed revelations of the torture used by George W. Bush-era operatives against Al-Qaeda suspects are only the latest morale-sapping scandal to envelop the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

But the searing US Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA enhanced interrogation techniques is not likely to hamstring the effectiveness of the nation's premier spy shop or erode its power in the post-9/11 era, lawmakers, experts and former intelligence agents predicted on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila).

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