Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - E kī ana hoki a McGovern ka taea e te whistleblowing te whakamutu i te 2003 Invasion of Iraq
, e mea ana, "Kei te nui pea te tūponotanga o te tini o te iwi ki te whakamutu i te pakanga o Iraki, mēnā i kaha rātou ki te whakapuaki i ngā mea i mōhiotia e rātou i mua i te tīmatanga". E rima rā noa iho i mua i te tīmatanga o te whakaeke ki Iraki, ka karanga a McGovern me ōna hoa ki te whistleblowing, ā, i kī mai, kei te whakapohehe te whakahaere a Bush i te take mo te whakaeke ki Iraki. I whakaahuatia e McGovern nga korero a te tari i te Poutu-te-rangi 15, 2003, e kii ana "Kua tunu ki tetahi tohutao, a ko te tohutao he kaupapa here nui".