Priscilla Nagle

Priscilla Nagle is the Attorney General of the North American Union.

Appointment
Nagle had been Assistant Attorney General at the Department of Justice, serving under Julian Matthews, and was appointed to the post on 1 December 2143 following Matthews' assassination during the 2143 World Series attack in November 2143.

Role
Throughout December 2143 and the following months, Nagle acted as spokesperson for President Clarke, who was rarely seen in public since her kidnapping at the same time as Matthews was killed. Nagle announced a series of increasingly draconian measures, including blasting a satellite trailing a mile-long Mylar banner reading "Free Kyle" out of low-Earth orbit by a missile on 16 December 2143; increased surveillance; random Identity Chip checks; crime suspects being held indefinitely without bail pending charges; searches and seizures conducted without warrants on a probable cause basis; and the summary termination of any clones acting out Free Will in any form. These drew wide criticism for curtailing free speech.

In her role as Attorney General, Nagle gained a reputation for doggedly pursuing accused criminals. She arrested Kyle Swann the day after her appointment for his alleged part in the Floater Ball World Series attack, and acted as chief prosecutor during his trial which began on 30 March 2144. During January and February 2144, Nagle vigorously pursued an investigation into allegations that senior executives within the entertainment industry had been involved in a clone sex scandal, describing it as "a hotbed of clone lovers, deviants and "R" sympathisers".

Assassination attempt
On 20 December 2143, Nagle narrowly escaped death when a passing aerovan fired a laser cannon at her floater car as it neared the Capitol Pavilion. She was uninjured and police pursed the van until it suddenly exploded, apparently, a suicide bomb. "R" later claimed it had staged the kamikaze attack in revenge for the arrest of Kyle Swann.