Senator Calls Out Reporter's Tweets in Real Time

Something new happened in Congress on Wednesday: Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, called out a reporter's tweets in real time.

The callout came during a Senate committee hearing originally intended to deal with cybersecurity. In light of recent revelations, the hearing focused more on the government's digital surveillance programs

Rosie Gray, a reporter at BuzzFeed Politics, tweeted a critique of Sen. Feinstein (D-Calif.) — a sharp defender of those surveillance programs — for what Gray considered an attempt to keep discussion of the program behind closed doors.