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

• From Mentor to Federal Investigation: The Dr. Eva Feldman Documentary Chronology
• July 26 Documentary Notice and Documentary Chronology Transmitted to City Attorney Kaur, Mayor Taylor, City Administrator Dohoney, and Police Chief Anderson Concerning Ann Arbor Police Department Investigations, Related City Proceedings, and Federal Investigations Involving Drs. Bradley Foerster and Myria Petrou (2015–2026).
• July 7 Documentary Notice to University of Michigan Vice President and General Counsel Timothy G. Lynch Concerning University and Law Enforcement Investigations Involving Drs. Bradley Foerster and Myria Petrou (2015–2026). July 8 UM Announces Lynch Leaving.
• 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
• The Institutional Fingerprint of the FBI Russia-Gate File: Referrals, Consults, Intelligence Reports, and the June 16, 2026 FBI Production
• Dr. Bradley Foerster and Dr. Myria Petrou Document More Than Two Years of Unsuccessful Efforts to Trace Bank of Ann Arbor's $1.4 Million Sheriff's Sale Credit Bid (June 2026)

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.