And the number of those repurchase requests has risen sharply in recent years.
And, perhaps not surprisingly, the number of repurchase requests has risen sharply.
Since then America's requests have more than doubled, and the total number of requests has risen from 12,539 to 21,389.That is not surprising.
In the last six months, requests have risen by 22%, the company notes.
Furthermore it noted that requests had risen by a rate of about 5% year-on-year since 2008.
Since Warren's article was published, a number of other Iran-focused requests have risen to prominence on the public board.
In the transparency report (which you can see for yourself here), it's important to note that the topline number showing that information requests have risen by 66% is still from a relatively small base.
Since then, according to one British clinic, the number of women requesting a similar operation has risen fourfold.
However, one can look at the number of background checks requested by gun shops, which has risen.
The number of requests to take children into care has risen by more than a third in a year from 6,488 in 2008-09 to 8,684 in 2009-10, according to figures released by Cafcass, the organisation that represents children's interests in the family courts.
The volume of requests made to monitored central government bodies has risen steadily since 2007 to the point where almost 1,000 are now received every week, the Ministry of Justice said.
