On Sunday, the Wall Street Journal reported, based on Obama Administration sources, that President Obama had no knowledge the NSA was spying on 35 world leaders until this summer during a review of surveillance operations that might be exposed by Snowden. Today the left-leaning LA Times reported as false the Administration contention that the President didn't know, and reported that the intelligence community is angry about being "thrown under the bus" by President Obama:

The White House and State Department signed off on surveillance targeting phone conversations of friendly foreign leaders, current and former U.S. intelligence officials said Monday, pushing back against assertions that President Obama and his aides were unaware of the high-level eavesdropping. Professional staff members at the National Security Agency and other U.S. intelligence agencies are angry, these officials say, believing the president has cast them adrift as he tries to distance himself from the disclosures by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden that have strained ties with close allies.

(...) Some U.S. intelligence officials said they were being blamed by the White House for conducting surveillance that was authorized under the law and utilized at the White House.

"People are furious," said a senior intelligence official who would not be identified discussing classified information. "This is officially the White House cutting off the intelligence community."