Just a few hours after the scandalous Sen. John McCain affair story was published in the New York Times, there was a rash of simultaneous Google searches for “Huma Abedin.” As Big Head DC has covered previously, Abedin is a close campaign aide to Sen. Hillary Clinton.

It’s unknown at this point why so many people apparently spontaneously googled Abedin’s name at the exact same time, but there has been speculation in the past on the Internet and in a report published by a Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper about the nature of her relationship with Clinton.

Five percent of the Web traffic for the searches resulted from Atlanta, according to Google. The search engine called the results “volcanic.” More people, too, were searching for her name than “Vicki Iseman,” the woman mentioned in the explosive McCain New York Times story.

Has a rival campaign put out some sort of secret release mentioning Abedin?