Except if you look at the timeline, this particular facility started up in the late '90s, and continues a multi-decade pattern of abuse, so it's at best/worst the reverse, "CIA has been running horrifying Chicago police style black sites". At least per the original Guardian account: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/24/chicago-polic...

(Which, BTW, should replace the posted link, since that minor detail makes the spin of original and current as I type this The Verge link blatantly wrong. Heck, is it even news that Chicago police are severely abusive?)