Obama Wants Gag Order on Bill Clinton

Yeah, Good luck with that chief.

Behind the scenes of the Obama Transition Team's vetting of the finances of former President Bill Clinton in order for Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, to be named Secretary of State, a complication has emerged.

Sources say the complication is not what Bill Clinton is willing to disclose in terms of the people who have donated to his presidential library or his charitable organizations; those names are being provided to the Obama Transition Team, led by John Podesta, who was also Bill Clinton's White House chief of staff.

What seems more potentially problematic is not revealing what's happened in the past -- but what the Obama Team wants to do about the future.

The view from Camp Clinton is that the Obama Team would too severely restrict what Bill Clinton is able to do to simply make a living. One source says the Obama Team seems to think it can demand that the former president abide by the restrictions put on a general government official, which just isn't tenable.

There has even been talk of the Obama White House wanting to approve every speech the former President Gives gives, or any new source of income.

And while the former President's team says he's willing to disclose that information ahead of time, they aren't willing to submit each speech opportunity for approval.

With all the problems this country faces, Obama is going to task people to do nothing but make sure that Bill Clinton doesn't stick his foot in his mouth? Our hard-earned taxpayers at work.