Steve Kroft, who worked at "60 Minutes" for 30 seasons, believes the president "finally got his wish" amid a growing list of staff departures. A longtime “ 60 Minutes ” correspondent has no doubt about what led to the behind-the-scenes tumult and growing list of staff departures at the flagship news program. CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss announced this week that “60 Minutes” executive producer Tanya Simon would be replaced by tech journalist and filmmaker Nick Bilton. Executive producer