Editing Viet D. Dinh (section)

===Department of Justice===
Dinh served as Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Legal Policy at the Department of Justice from 2001 to 2003, under the presidency of [[George W. Bush]].<ref name="usdoj">{{cite web|title=Press release: Assistant Attorney General Viet D. Dinh to Step Down|url=https://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2003/May/03_ag_291.htm|publisher=United States Department of Justice|access-date=July 2, 2017|date=May 3, 2003|quote=He played a key role in drafting and implementing the USA PATRIOT Act, landmark legislation that provided the law enforcement and intelligence communities with necessary tools to fight the war against terrorism. Dinh also spearheaded the revision of the Attorney General’s Guidelines, which govern the conduct of federal law enforcement activities and national security investigations.}}</ref> He was confirmed in the Senate by a vote of 96 to 1, with the sole No vote coming from [[Hillary Clinton]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Washington Notebook: Justice nominees win Senate confirmation|url=http://www.chron.com/news/politics/article/Washington-Notebook-Shaping-up-ranks-will-take-2033557.php|access-date=July 2, 2017|work=Houston Chronicle|date=May 27, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | last = Lichtblau | first = Eric | author-link = Eric Lichtblau| title = At Home in War on Terror: Viet Dinh has gone from academe to a key behind-the-scenes role. Conservatives love him; others find his views constitutionally suspect (Abstract)| newspaper = Los Angeles Times | pages = A1 | date = September 18, 2002 | url = https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/185579951.html?dids=185579951:185579951&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+18%2C+2002&author=ERIC+LICHTBLAU&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=A.1&desc=COLUMN+ONE%3B+At+Home+in+War+on+Terror%3B+Viet+Dinh+has+gone+from+academe+to+a+key+behind-the+scenes+role.+Conservatives+love+him%3B+others+find+his+views+constitutionally+suspect. | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081025002212/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/185579951.html?dids=185579951:185579951&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+18%2C+2002&author=ERIC+LICHTBLAU&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=A.1&desc=COLUMN+ONE%3B+At+Home+in+War+on+Terror%3B+Viet+Dinh+has+gone+from+academe+to+a+key+behind-the+scenes+role.+Conservatives+love+him%3B+others+find+his+views+constitutionally+suspect. | url-status = dead | archive-date = October 25, 2008 }}</ref> As the official responsible for federal legal policy, Dinh worked with issues of [[narcotics|illicit drugs]], [[racial profiling]] in federal law enforcement, exploitation of children, [[human trafficking]], [[DNA]] technology, [[gun violence]], and civil and criminal justice procedural reform.  Dinh was also involved in the selection and confirmation of 100 [[United States federal judge|district]] and 23 [[United States court of appeals|appellate]] judges in his role representing the [[U.S. Department of Justice]]. After [[September 11, 2001 attacks|9/11]], Dinh conducted a comprehensive review of DOJ priorities, policies, and practices, and played a key role in developing the [[USA PATRIOT Act]] and revising the Attorney General's Guidelines, which govern federal law enforcement activities and national security investigations.<ref name="usdoj"/>