Geopolitics, 17:681–711, 2012 Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC ISSN: 1465-0045 print / 1557-3028 online DOI: 10.1080/14650045.2012.698401 GEOPOLITICAL FORUM Leaky Geopolitics: The Ruptures and Transgressions of WikiLeaks SIMON SPRINGER Department of Geography, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada HEATHER CHI National University of Singapore Alumni, Singapore JEREMY CRAMPTON Department of Geography, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA FIONA McCONNELL Trinity College, University of Cambridge, UK JULIE CUPPLES Department of Geography, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand KEVIN GLYNN School of Humanities, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand BARNEY WARF Department of Geography, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA WES ATTEWELL Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada The unfurling of violent rhetoric and the show of force that has lead to the arrest, imprisonment, and impending extradi- tion of WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, serve as an exemplary moment in demonstrating state-sanctioned violence. Since the cables began leaking in November 2010, the violent reaction to WikiLeaks evidenced by numerous political pundits calling for Address correspondence to Simon Springer, Department of Geography, University of Victoria, PO Box 3060 STN CSC, Victoria, BC, Canada, V8W 3R4. E-mail: simonspringer@ gmail.com 681 Downloaded by [Simon Springer] at 04:18 31 July 2012