Viet Dinh

Viet Dinh, 36, is described in a biographical note as "professor of law and director of the Asian Law and Policy Studies Program at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C." [1]

"After law school, where he was a class marshal and an Olin research fellow in law and economics, Professor Dinh served as a law clerk to Judge Laurence H. Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. He also served as counsel to the Special Master mediating a number of lawsuits by Holocaust victims against German and Austrian financial institutions. Most recently, Professor Dinh served as Assistant Attorney General for Legal Policy in the U.S. Department of Justice," it states.

In a media release announcing his appointment to the board of News Corporation in April 2004, the company chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch stated "Viet Dinh has had a remarkable career that has earned him the respect and admiration of legal scholars, politicians and business leaders. Having arrived in America as a Vietnamese refugee at age 10, Viet's academic brilliance and sheer hard work have propelled him to the very top of his field. His work as a key advisor to the Bush Administration in the war on terror has been invaluable to the security of the American people." [2]

Following his appointment one media article decribed Dinh as "the primary author of the controversial US Patriot Act". [3]

External links

• News Corporation, "News Corporation Elects Two New Directors: Resignation Of Graham Kraehe Becomes Effective", Media Release, April 16, 2004.
• Sean Aylmer, "Bush adviser joins News Corp board", Australian Financial Review, April 19, 2004.