Viet D. Dinh

Viet D. Dinh (born February 22, 1968) was the Assistant Attorney General of the United States from 2000 to 2004, under the presidency of George W. Bush. He was the chief architect of the USA PATRIOT Act.

Born in Saigon, South Vietnam, Dinh came to America as a refugee in 1978. After 2 years in Portland, Oregon, his family settled in Fullerton, California. He currently resides in Washington, D.C.

He attended Harvard College and Harvard Law School and graduated magna cum laude.

External links

• Viet D. Dinh Professor of Law; Co-Director, Asian Law & Policy Studies Program at Georgetown Law School
• Biography of Viet D Dinh by the Institute for Corean-American Studies
• Testimony of Viet Dinh Professor of Law Georgetown University Law Center before the House Subcommittee on the Constitution
• America After 9/11 Freedom Preserved or Freedom Lost?
• Viet D. Dinh LLC
• Assembly Series and the School of Law present Viet Dinh
• The Patriot Act Is Your Friend Viet Dinh interview with Wired News about the USA Patriot Act