It wasn't clear at first, but the other headlines from this author make it obvious that this is Onion-style satire:

Taliban Named Best Place to Work 2013

U.S. Promises Smooth Transfer of Quagmire from Afghanistan to Syria

The Borowitz Report [1] is a well-known, immensely popular satirical column. Granted, this isn't immediately clear unless you're familiar with the column.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Borowitz

This may be satire, but it is also 100% accurate, in its own way.

Definitely satire, but also definitely accurate (although not 100% factual).

Satire: Artistic form in which human or individual abuses, or shortcomings are held up to censure by means of ridicule, irony, or other methods, with an intent to bring about improvement.[1]

[1] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/satire

The US did charge Snowden with spying.

Borowitz Report is satire.

I'm honestly not sure why this is #1 on the front page. It's not that the topic that I find objectionable (although it has been pretty saturated lately), but this satire is not particularly well written or interesting.

I can't figure out how Borowitz got hired by the New Yorker. His satire is so consistently ham fisted and painful.

When I saw this title, I was sure this was going to link to The Onion.

This belongs in the "Real or Onion?" series

Btw - if you accuse someone of spying isn't the basic politeness expect you to tell on behalf of whom it was supposed to be done?

Sometimes you don't know. There was a spy for Israel who was caught spying by the U.S., but it wasn't until later (albeit before the trial) that they figured out Israel was the beneficiary.