# Fort Gordon

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*The U.S. Army installation in Georgia where NSA whistleblower Reality Winner, interviewed on Kiriakou's show, worked as a contractor linguist before her arrest.*

- **Location:** Georgia, United States
- **Operator:** U.S. Army / NSA
- **Associated figure:** Reality Winner

**Fort Gordon** is a U.S. Army installation in Georgia. NSA whistleblower Reality Winner, discussing her case on [John Kiriakou](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/john-kiriakou)'s show, says she was working at Fort Gordon in what she considered a temporary position, taken to renew a security clearance that was set to expire after she left the U.S. Air Force.[1]

Winner says she took the next available linguist position without knowing whether it would be at Fort Meade or Fort Gordon, because recruiters for a position in Bagram, Afghanistan would not hire her without an active clearance.[2] She describes working at Fort Gordon "in the giant, shiny NSA building that was brand new at the time" as an NSA government contractor.[3] In the same conversation, Winner describes the printer [watermark](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/watermark) that ultimately let the NSA trace her leaked document back to a specific office.

## Sources

1. DeProgram with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou: “Interview with Reality Winner” (2025-09-30), at 03:01. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=413mDuoRtiY&t=181s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2025-09-30-deprogram-show-with-ted-rall-and-jamarl-thomas-deprogram-with-ted-ral/
2. DeProgram with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou: “Interview with Reality Winner” (2025-09-30), at 03:33. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=413mDuoRtiY&t=213s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2025-09-30-deprogram-show-with-ted-rall-and-jamarl-thomas-deprogram-with-ted-ral/
3. DeProgram with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou: “Interview with Reality Winner” (2025-09-30), at 06:12. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=413mDuoRtiY&t=372s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2025-09-30-deprogram-show-with-ted-rall-and-jamarl-thomas-deprogram-with-ted-ral/

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