The Tragic Plot Thickens As stated by Sy Hersh in the New Yorker, the abuses complained of and investigated by General Taguba occured between October through December 2003. Remember that time period and then look at this story: The U.S. military did a "top-level review" last fall of how its detention centers in Iraq were run, months before commanders first were told about the sexual humiliation and abuse of Iraqis that has created an international uproar, a Pentagon official said.