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How can we increase U.S. election security?

The federal indictments of 13 Russian nationals on Friday are the first criminal charges directly related to alleged interference in the 2016 election. The charges focus on a secret effort carried out on social media to help then-candidate Donald Trump defeat Hillary Clinton. Frank Cilluffo, director of the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security at George Washington University and Michael Waldman, president of the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University, join "CBS This Morning: Saturday" to discuss the state of our election security and how it needs to be improved.

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Russia's influence in Bosnia-Herzegovina

There's major concerns over Russia's influence in Eastern Europe. Bosnia-Herzegovina remains a deeply divided country despite a decades-old peace agreement that ended a brutal civil war in the Balkans. The nation is split between a Bosnian Serb republic and a Muslim-Croat federation. The Bosnian Serb police are expected to receive 2,500 new automatic rifles next month. But there's fears Russia will train the officers and increase the risk of conflict. Alex Kliment, a CBSN contributor and Signal newsletter writer, takes CBSN through the latest.

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Ransomware attack shuts down major U.S. pipeline

Colonial Pipeline says it's slowly bringing its operations back online after a ransomware attack shut down its pipeline that supplies 45% of the fuel consumed on the East Coast. Security experts say ransomware attacks like this pose a growing danger to the country's critical infrastructure. CBS News justice and homeland security correspondent Jeff Pegues joins CBSN discusses how the Biden administration is planning to respond. Read more here.

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Reports: U.S. paid to recover stolen documents

The U.S. intelligence community reportedly paid thousands of dollars in an attempt to recover stolen NSA documents from Russian operatives. The U.S. "secretly negotiated" with Russians to purchase the documents, and the Russians then offered to sell them material regarding President Trump, The Intercept reported Friday. The New York Times later ran a related story. The Intercept's James Risen joinS CBSN to discuss the story, which the CIA has denied.

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