This Post Should Be Considered Off the Record

Staffers for Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) don't mind if you read as they pass along hurricane updates or chat with other folks on Twitter. They'll even plug someone's business. Just don't talk about what you read: Whitehouse's communications director, Seth Larson, deputy press secretary, Richard Pezzillo, and new media director, Catherine Algeri, have disclaimers in their Twitter profiles that declare their posts — on public, unprotected accounts — to be off the record.