Who knew that the WikiLeaks Truck was chock full of Top Secret Info? Just like it says in bold lettering on the side!

Clark Stoeckley was pulled over this evening while driving the WikiLeaks Truck–no connection to media group WikiLeaks–after a long day at Fort Meade covering whistleblower Bradley Manning’s trial. Stoeckley is a cartoonist who has published a book about Manning’s pre-trial hearings.

His tweets recounting his chat with the Fort Meade officers speak for themselves. It was Stoeckley who got pulled over, but the punchline is how someone pulled one over on these two cops for a laugh.

I was pulled over for disseminating WikiLeaks info on Ft. Meade base. — Art Superheroes (@WikileaksTruck) July 8, 2013

No ticket but they wrote a report — Art Superheroes (@WikileaksTruck) July 8, 2013

The cops were freaking out about my dummy cameras. They asked to look in the back and I said they would need a warrant for that. — Art Superheroes (@WikileaksTruck) July 9, 2013

I asked what I was being stopped for and they said they got a report that I was disseminating Top Secret WikiLeaks info. — Art Superheroes (@WikileaksTruck) July 9, 2013

I showed them my drawings as proof that I had been at the trial all day. I explained that had been parking on base for the past month. — Art Superheroes (@WikileaksTruck) July 9, 2013

I told them that the MPs have a dog sniff my truck every morning. These guys were civilian night shift cops. — Art Superheroes (@WikileaksTruck) July 9, 2013

in the end we all had a good laugh. They felt stupid and a little pissed that they were called to check up on me. — Art Superheroes (@WikileaksTruck) July 9, 2013

I played my redneck character the whole time. That really confused them more than they already were. — Art Superheroes (@WikileaksTruck) July 9, 2013

Cop asked my SSN, addy, phone #, marital status, height, weight, eye color, tattoos, birthmarks. I told him that was Top Secret. — Art Superheroes (@WikileaksTruck) July 9, 2013

I unscrewed the dummy camera to prove that it was a dummy camera. He felt like a really dummy after that. — Art Superheroes (@WikileaksTruck) July 9, 2013

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