As a correspondent for “ 60 Minutes ,” Bill Whitaker isn’t known for his juggling skills. At this moment, however, the CBS News veteran has several ambitious assignments for the venerable newsmagazine up in the air.

There’s one he hopes will be picked for the season premiere of the show’s 58 th season, for which he recently traveled to Finland and the Baltic Sea, about a group of ships that have broken critical undersea internet and electricity cables in recent months. Authorities suspect the attacks are part of a campaign by Russia to rupture NATO allies’ underwater infrastructure. He has been working on the project for the past seven or eight months, he says during a recent interview. “I’m trying to peel this onion. Something is going on that doesn’t quite smell right, and how d

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