by user Layla Crossposted from The HILL Chronicles Massachusetts, which has never had a homeland security chief before, has now appointed their first homeland security cheif, 37 year old Juliette Kayyem. Kayyem hopes her Lebanese heritage coupled with her background as a high-level counter-terrorism expert will help chip away at negative perceptions some Americans hold when it comes to Arabs and terrorism. The Arab American News: Nabil Ibrahim said: So in light of this it is interesting to note that Kayyem does not consider racial or ethnic profiling a highly effective defense against terrorism.