Mouse doubleclick sometimes quits apps, opens login window?

Occasionally, after doubleclicking my mouse (left click of Mighty Mouse), hatch marks in a circle will appear in the center of the screen and then the login window will appear. After I log in, the applications I had open are all closed.
The last time this happened, I was using Firefox, and had clicked a browser window behind the one in front, and when it did not come to the front immediately, I clicked on it again. There was a bit of a pause between the clicks. It's happened like this before, but I can't swear to what application's window I was clicking on, or if it was the desktop.
I can't replicate the problem; it seems to occur randomly. For example, I just opened two windows in Firefox, and the first click on the window beneath the open one brought it to the front. Even if I try doubleclicking on the window underneath quickly, it only brings it to the front.
Why might this be happening, and what might the solution be?

This just gets weirder. Originally it seemed it happened sometimes with a left doubleclick. Then, still randomly, with a single left click.
Now it happened when I was scrolling down with the scroll ball. There's no rhyme or reason to it. I can scroll down with the ball now, and it doesn't happen again. This is very strange and annoying.

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