I take that as a yes.
Via Washington Examiner:
President Obama on Monday declined to say if he knew about the National Security Agency’s surveillance of world leaders’ phone calls.
“National security operations, generally, have one purpose and that is to make sure the American people are safe and that I’m making good decisions,” Obama said in an interview with Fusion TV. “I’m the final user of all the intelligence that they gather. But they’re involved in a whole wide range of issues.”
Obama’s comments come after new revelations from NSA leaker Edward Snowden disclosed that the U.S. has been monitoring the phone traffic of dozens of world leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The news sparked anger overseas, with Merkel and Obama speaking by phone about the issue last week.