• The day after the story of a possible John McCain affair with Vicki Iseman broke in The New York Times, the name "Huma Abedin" appeared high in Google Trends, a system for tracking popular or buzzy search terms. Abedin, a Chief of Staff for Hillary Rodham Clinton was rumored to be having a homosexual affair with the candidate. It has been suggested that the two terms showing up simultaneously in Google Trends was not a coincidence, but an intentional distraction or counterpoint from the Iseman story.
    1. Google Trends could be "gamed" by having a coordinated attempt to search for the same term
    2. Story first broke on [http: //bigheaddc.com/2008/02/21/huma-abedin-volcanic-on-google-who-is-behind/ Big Head DC] blog
    3. Abedin was raised in Saudi Arabia and speaks fluent Arabic

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