Karlheinz Schreiber said Monday that Brian Mulroney's appearance before a federal ethics committee last December was meant to mislead it with a "smoke-and-mirror show" and to avoid a public inquiry. The German-Canadian businessman, who was testifying before the committee for a fifth time, said Mulroney was misleading when he quoted from Schreiber's past court filings during the former prime minister's Dec. 13 testimony. Mulroney cited statements from two Schreiber affidavits from last March 3 and Nov. 7 to support his allegations that Schreiber had lied, and to support his own statements. "He thinks he can fool you," Schreiber said. "He ignored your questions because he couldn't wait to distract and mislead you with a prepared smoke-and-mirror show." Schreiber said Mulroney tried to "trick" committee members because he knew they didn't have the transcripts from the affidavits, which he said he has now submitted to the committee. ...