FOIA Response (April 21, 2026): University of Michigan Withholds FBI-Generated Record in Full (Dr. Myria Petrou and Dr. Bradley Foerster)
The University of Michigan identifies one FBI-generated record.
The record is withheld in full as an “advisory communication.”
The request was limited to FBI-generated records, not University communications.
This post documents a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) response issued by the University of Michigan on April 21, 2026, in response to a request submitted by Dr. Myria Petrou and Dr. Bradley Foerster seeking FBI-generated records referencing them.
The request was narrowly tailored to records created by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and expressly excluded:
- communications sent from the University to the FBI; and
- internal University-created communications, summaries, or analyses.
One record was identified. It was withheld in full.
The record is described as advisory. The request excluded advisory communications.
Exhibit 1 — FOIA Response (April 21, 2026)
The University states that it identified one responsive record but withheld it in full pursuant to Section 13(1)(m), asserting that the record constitutes “communications and notes of an advisory nature,” and declining to provide any further description.
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Exhibit 2 — FOIA Appeal (April 21, 2026)
The appeal notes that the request was limited to FBI-generated records, and that such records do not fall within the University’s advisory communications exemption. It further requests production of the record or any reasonably segregable portions.
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No description of the record is provided. The record remains withheld.
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Brad Foerster, MD PhD
Brad Foerster is a FOIA advocate documenting requests, transparency disputes, and accountability investigations involving public agencies, universities, police oversight, and Russia-Gate related inquiries. His work compiles original documents, timelines, and analysis of public records and institutional responses. Brad is also a board-certified radiologist, author of Town & Gown, and has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles. Brad lives in Potomac, Maryland with his family and is active in the Montgomery County Medical Society and the Takoma Park U.S. & World History Book Club.