Reason Morning Links: From Sacramento to Tehran

- 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?