"So What Happened?" A September 2025 Email Following Disclosure of the FBI's Russia-Gate File Maintained Under Bradley Foerster
Shortly after learning that the FBI maintained a substantial investigative file concerning Dr. Bradley Foerster relating to allegations commonly referred to as "Russia-Gate," Dr. Myria Petrou sent the following email to Duaa Altaee, copying Dr. Foerster. The email reflects Dr. Petrou's contemporaneous effort to reconstruct the chronology surrounding Dr. Paul Cronin's 2016 disclosures, the subsequent Ann Arbor Police Department investigation, University of Michigan proceedings, and the FBI records that had recently come to light.
The email also references then-Governor Rick Snyder, who at the time was Governor of Michigan, a resident of Ann Arbor, and a University of Michigan alumnus. Within that chronology, Dr. Petrou recounts statements she attributed to Dr. Eva Feldman concerning Governor Snyder's presidential ambitions, along with statements she attributed to Dr. Cronin concerning Governor Snyder's reaction to President Trump's 2016 vice-presidential selection. Those references are reproduced because they formed part of Dr. Petrou's contemporaneous effort to reconstruct the chronology surrounding Dr. Cronin's 2016 disclosures, the opening of Crossfire Hurricane, and the FBI records later disclosed.
The email is reproduced below as part of the documentary record.
Exhibit 1 – September 28, 2025 Email from Dr. Myria Petrou to Duaa Altaee
Core Archive Documents
From Paul Cronin's "This Will Ruin All Our Lives" to "I Will"
Case Model
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.