Index: kernel-impl/src/main/java/org/sakaiproject/site/impl/BaseSiteService.java
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--- kernel-impl/src/main/java/org/sakaiproject/site/impl/BaseSiteService.java	(revision 49932)
+++ kernel-impl/src/main/java/org/sakaiproject/site/impl/BaseSiteService.java	(working copy)
@@ -562,16 +562,18 @@
 		// if not found
 		if (rv == null) throw new IdUnusedException(id);
 
-		// Thanks to the SiteCacheImpl class lurking beneath the
-		// surface, caching the site will have the side-effect
-		// of doing a "loadAll()" plus more.
+		// get all of the site loaded
+		rv.loadAll();
+
+		// track it - we don't track site access -ggolden
+		// EventTrackingService.post(EventTrackingService.newEvent(SECURE_ACCESS_SITE, site.getReference()));
+
+		// cache a copy
 		if (m_siteCache != null)
 		{
-			m_siteCache.put(siteReference(id), rv, m_cacheSeconds);
-			// Return a copy.
-			rv = new BaseSite(this, rv, true);
-		} else {
-			rv.loadAll();
+			String ref = siteReference(id);
+			Site copy = new BaseSite(this, rv, true);
+			m_siteCache.put(ref, copy, m_cacheSeconds);
 		}
 
 		return rv;