William Taggart

William "Bill" Taggart is the founder of the anti-augmentation group Humanity Front. He appears in Deus Ex: Icarus Effect and Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and in the latter is voiced by Bruce Dinsmore. He is a highly successful former psychiatrist turned anti-augmentation activist and speaker, well known for his charisma and oratorical abilities.

History
Bill formed the group Humanity Front in 2021, soon after Antoine Thisdale's famous court case regarding his right to amputate and augment himself to be able to compete with his augmented peers. In 2027 he is in Geneva, Switzerland, when the Tyrants plan to assassinate him, making him a martyr for his cause and push for a UN vote on augmentation regulation. Although Ben Saxon fails to kill him, Scott Hardesty shoots and kills his secretary, which still successfully ignites anti-aug regulation among the government.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution
After returning from the Highland Park FEMA complex, Jensen will find Taggart in Sarif's penthouse, along with his bodyguards (2 resembling MiBs from the beginning of the first game) and personal aide, Isaias Sandoval. Taggart will confront Jensen directly, claiming he wishes to speak with him as well as condemning the violent actions of Purity First, and attempts to psychoanalyze him. Adam may either listen to his claims that augmentation is endangering the human race, or confront him about the Purity First incident, to which he will show contempt toward the player.

Jensen later finds out from Eliza Cassan that Sandoval was personally involved in the attack on Sarif Industries, having assisted the Tyrants by agreeing to surgically remove the GPL implants from the Sarif scientists so they can be kidnapped and hidden. Not knowing Sandoval's location, Jensen can choose to confront Taggart at the Detroit convention center, where he had recently given an inflammatory anti-augmentation speech that led to a riot. Taggart will attempt to redirect the topic to Jensen's supposed emotional traumas and the biotech industry's supposed covert super-soldier operations, but if Jensen is persuasive enough he can be convinced to give up Sandoval's location.