Case Model: Russia-Gate, University of Michigan, FBI Records, and Real-World Impact (Bradley Foerster and Myria Petrou)

The archive is organized around a simple framework:

Core Event → Institutional Response → Real-World Impact

Rather than presenting documents chronologically alone, the archive groups records according to the underlying events, the institutional responses they generated, and their resulting professional, legal, financial, and personal consequences.

The Core Event begins with the Summer 2016 Russia-Gate conversations documented in Russia-Gate and the Chicken Coop. The archive then follows the resulting law enforcement investigations, University of Michigan proceedings, Freedom of Information Act disputes, federal records litigation, and related documentary record.

CASE MODEL
Russia-Gate, University of Michigan, FBI Records, and Real-World Impact

TOWN

GOWN

ANN ARBOR

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

CORE EVENT

Summer 2016 Russia-Gate Conversations
Attributed to Dr. Paul Cronin

INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSE

Law Enforcement Investigations

University Proceedings

FBI & HHS-OIG Activity

FOIA Responses and Denials

REAL-WORLD IMPACT

Dr. Myria Petrou · Dr. Bradley Foerster

Throughout the archive, records are organized using this framework to distinguish underlying events from the institutional responses they generated and the resulting professional, financial, legal, and personal consequences. The model provides a framework for understanding how FBI records, University of Michigan proceedings, Freedom of Information Act materials, court filings, and related documents fit within the broader documentary record.

Each institutional response generated its own documentary record. Reconstructing those records required years of Freedom of Information Act requests, administrative appeals, litigation, and related proceedings.

Major institutional responses documented in the archive include:

• Ann Arbor Police Department (Case 17-3517)
  How did allegations of embezzlement and extortion against Drs. Foerster and Petrou result in search warrants, frozen bank accounts, foreclosure proceedings, and a subsequent prosecutorial determination declining criminal charges?
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (2018–2021)
  What investigative predicate, probable cause, and inter-agency coordination supported the FBI investigation of Dr. Foerster that ultimately generated a file exceeding 500 pages and included the INTELPRODS intelligence-reporting repository?
• Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG)
  How did a radiology medical billing complaint submitted under Dr. Petrou's name without her knowledge develop into a multi-year federal investigation involving NIH Grant R01 NS082304 and later debarment-related records?
• University of Michigan Peer Review Process
  Why was Dr. Foerster unable to obtain the decision and basis for the peer review conducted by a psychiatrist?
• University of Michigan 5.09 Proceedings
  What events led the University to initiate formal dismissal proceedings against Dr. Foerster immediately following his return from approved medical leave?
• University of Michigan Office of General Counsel
  What role did University counsel play in investigative referrals, review of complaints and recordings, and the continued withholding of Russia-Gate-related records concerning Drs. Foerster and Petrou?

A Question Running Through the Entire Archive

Why has obtaining records concerning Drs. Foerster and Petrou required years of FOIA requests, appeals, litigation, and official inquiries, while significant records remain withheld, missing, redacted, or unexplained?

Core Archive Documents

From Paul Cronin's "This Will Ruin All Our Lives" to "I Will"
Case Index
Federal Record Summary
Timeline: Town and Gown (2014–2026)

Selected Reporting

• Bradley Foerster Submits 140-Exhibit, 1,121-Page Documentary Chronology to FBI for Supervisory Review of the Investigation Involving Dr. Bradley Foerster, Dr. Myria Petrou, and Duaa Altaee
• From One FBI File to a Legislative Proposal: Peter and Maria Foerster Ask Senator Van Hollen's Office and Congressman Jamie Raskin to Consider a Uniform Administrative Framework for Federal Investigations
• Eva Feldman Documentary Chronology: 139 Exhibits on NIH R01NS082304, University Proceedings, and Federal Investigation — No Response Received
• Bradley Foerster and Myria Petrou Send Ann Arbor Officials Documentary Chronology on AAPD and Related Federal Investigations — No Response Received
• Timothy Lynch Documentary Chronology: 63 Exhibits on University of Michigan Office of General Counsel, University Investigations, and Law Enforcement — No Response Received
• Bradley Foerster and Myria Petrou Documentary Chronology: 8 Exhibits Document More Than Two Years of Efforts to Trace Bank of Ann Arbor's $1.4 Million Sheriff's Sale Credit Bid — No Response Received

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 a member of the Montgomery County Medical Society and the Takoma Park U.S. & World History Book Club.