Groups Ask FBI To Investigate Official's Appearance in Christian Fundraising Video

Veterans for Common Sense and the Military Religious Freedom Foundation have asked the FBI to investigate head of the Veterans Benefits Administration, Daniel L. Cooper. The groups allege that Cooper violated the Establishment Clause as well as ethics rules by appearing in a fund-raising video for the evangelical group Christian Embassy. In the video, Cooper says that Bible study is more important than doing his job. IPS reported yesterday that the groups went to the FBI after the Department of Veterans Affairs Inspector General cleared Cooper of any wrongdoing.