strikes in 2009, 2010. of those about a dozen were high-value targets. in 2010 about seven. the year before that of those dozen that i mentioned only two were on u.s. most wanted lists raising some questions about how effective these drone strikes were. but u.s. officials that i spoke to said that in fact it's under estimating by simply focusing on high-value targets, low-value targets are equally important right now and this official said there hasn't been a single noncombatant casualty, that means no civilian casualties as a result of drone strikes since last summer, jon. jon: there are new reports out there of u.s. officials negotiating with the taliban, what do you hear about those. >> reporter: these reports come up every few months. i can tell you that, yes, there was a move started by ambassador richard holbrooke before he died to start reach out to the taliban. he believed, and the state department believes that you