mr. chaparro. and we would like to identify our final witness, ms. susan mitchell the deputy of intelligence and operations coordination at customs and border protection and i hope you will allow me to -- the privilege of not sharing the same introduction as i did before and allow you to get right to your testimony. >> thank you. good afternoon, mr. chairman meehan, ranking member spear and distinguished members of the subcommittee. it's a privilege and honor to appear before you with my colleagues. and to discuss cpb or custom and border protections intelligence efforts and evolution. first i'd like to just highlight with almost 60,000 employees, cpb makes up the largest law enforcement organization in the nation. and has been given the responsibility to protect the united states from terrorists, weapons of mass effect, drug and human smugglers, agricultural disease, among other threats, all while fostering our nation's economic security and competitiveness through facilitating lawful international trade and travel. cbp provides a layered defense al

mr. chaparro, i am very focused on your testimony. i appreciate it. i would ask you to sum it up very quickly. we need to get to miss mitchell. we would do our votes and get back as quickly as we can. can you give us your concluding the go absolutely. >> if we take great advantage of the services provided by our partners. we utilize information. i look forward to answering any questions the committee members may have for me. >> thank you. we would like to identify our final witness, mrs. susan mitchell, the deputy assistant commissioner for the opposite intelligence. i hope you will allow me to -- allow me the privilege of not sharing the same introduction as i did before. let's get right to your testimony. >> good afternoon, chairman. it is a privilege and honor to appear before you with my colleagues and to discuss c.b.t. intelligence efforts and evolution. with all the 60,000 employees, cbp is the largest employer -- enforcement operation in the nation. we protect the united states from terrorists, drug smugglers, agricultural disease, among other

mr. chaparro, i am very focused on your testimony. i appreciate it. i would ask you to sum it up very quickly. we need to get to miss mitchell. we would do our votes and get back as quickly as we can. can you give us your concluding >> if we take great advantage of the services provided by our partners. we utilize information. i look forward to answering any questions the committee members may have for me. >> thank you. we would like to identify our final witness, mrs. susan mitchell, the deputy assistant commissioner for the opposite intelligence. i hope you will allow me to -- allow me the privilege of not sharing the same introduction as i did before. let's get right to your testimony. >> good afternoon, chairman. it is a privilege and honor to appear before you with my colleagues and to discuss c.b.t. intelligence efforts and evolution. with all the 60,000 employees, cbp is the largest employer -- enforcement operation in the nation. we protect the united states from terrorists, drug smugglers, agricultural disease, among other threats all while f