[quote=@Dervish]
<Snipped quote by Rithy>

TIM was indoctrinated a long time ago (sometime around 2158; ME2 takes place in 2186), I know for a fact TIM was indoctrinated back just after the First Contact War on Palaven when Saren's brother discovered a Reaper Monolith. 

Saren is trickier to pin down, but he came into contact with Sovereign prior to the events of ME1.

Regardless, in both cases, both individuals are well under the Reapers' thumb by the time you encounter them in game. 
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I didn't realize that TIM was an acronym, and literally was trying to figure            out who the fuck Tim is


EDIT: I was reading from the bottom up, just to clarify