Reason Morning Links: From Sacramento to Tehran

Jesse Walker | June 22, 2009

• It was a weekend of state violence and popular resistance in Iran, where some election irregularities have now been acknowledged.

• California politicians are using accounting tricks to reduce the state's deficit.

• A New York Times reporter was secretly held hostage by the Taliban for seven months. And just escaped.

• Obama proposes a ROTC for spies.

• And in other intelligence news: Guess whose email they've been reading at the NSA?