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MillMan on April 26, 2006 - 11:10am

I think the CIA domain gets spoofed a lot, or it may be the CIA spidering your wesbsite (ie automated without being singled out) for data mining purposes - basically what the search engines do but with different ends in mind. Just a few possibilities.

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Robert Rapier on April 26, 2006 - 11:40am

It wasn't just the domain. The location was also in D.C.

Anyway, thanks for the info. I have to admit I did a double-take when I saw that this morning.

RR

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Leanan on April 26, 2006 - 11:44am

Matt Savinar says his site is regularly visited by the CIA, DIA, and other government agencies. Maybe just employees surfing in their spare time, maybe not.

I don't think it's automatic spidering, because I run several personal sites for friends and family, and I never see government agencies on the visitor source list. Google, yes, the CIA, no.

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MillMan on April 26, 2006 - 1:20pm

A number of people I know with blogs have had similar experiences. Maybe they primarily spider sites that contain "speech" in order to look for potential dangers as defined by them.

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