(laughter) >> stephen: but to placate the habbuous huggers, an amendment was added stating nothing in this section shall be construed to affect existing law. that then made the bill acceptable. in the same way it's acceptable to say your mother is a whore as long as you add an amendment saying, if she is not, disregard the previous statement. (laughter) >> stephen: of course, of course no one came out harder against this bill than barack obama who vowed to veto it. fortunately president obama was smack down by a man with some balls. commander in chief obama who signed the ndaa into law on december 31st. happy new year. now he knew that by doing this his voters wouldn't like it. so the president added a signing statement that said i have signed this bill despite having serious reservations. he signed it but said it was wrong. that is called standing on your principleses. but the real stroke of genius here was when he added, quote, my administration will not authorize the indefinite military detention without trial of american citizens. notice how he said "my add." the president can now