The Book That Broke the Mulroney-Schreiber Story - 'A Secret Trial' New Edition Paperback in Stores 7 April 2008

In his best-selling "Presumed Guilty," William Kaplan chronicled the corruption charges surrounding the $1.8 billion purchase by Air Canada of passenger airplanes from European giant Airbus Industries and concluded - based on the evidence available at the time - that former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney had been the victim of unfounded allegation and reckless innuendo. Discovering that the story was far more complicated, Kaplan sets the record straight in "A Secret Trial."

Montreal, QC and Kingston, ON (PRWEB) March 6, 2008 -- McGill Queen's University Press is proud to announce the timely release of William Kaplan's "A Secret Trial" in a new edition paperback.

Here are some of the reviews from the first edition:

A Secret Trial is quite possibly the most important book on public life in Canada that has been published this year.

"Powerful." The National Post

"William Kaplan is the best-informed person in the country on the Mulroney-Schreiber business." CTV News

"A Secret Trial is quite possibly the most important book on public life in Canada that has been published this year." This Magazine

"I can't imagine a more entertaining political book than A Secret Trial. Where else are you going to get juice like this?" Paul Wells, Maclean's

So: ixnay on th overypayway. Stick with "colossal mistake." Is this credible? Suppose it is. Stretch your mind around the notion of a man of Mulroney's stature meekly acceding to Schreiber's request. Maybe he was startled, temporarily flummoxed at the sight of all that cash, reluctant to give offense. It happens. But three times? Over sixteen months? By that time, you've presumably recovered your composure, not to say your common sense. And still you take the cash? Nobody does business this way. Nobody in business does, that is.
-- from the foreward by Andrew Coyne

In his best-selling "Presumed Guilty," William Kaplan chronicled the corruption charges surrounding the $1.8 billion purchase by Air Canada of passenger airplanes from European giant Airbus Industries and concluded - based on the evidence available at the time - that former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney had been the victim of unfounded allegation and reckless innuendo. Discovering that the story was far more complicated, Kaplan sets the record straight in "A Secret Trial."

Within weeks of leaving office, Mulroney was paid at least $225,000 in cash by Karlheinz Schreiber, an international arms dealer wanted in Germany for bribery and tax evasion. When confronted by Kaplan about the unexplained payment, Mulroney vehemently denied any wrongdoing: "Anyone who says anything about (the money) will be in for one fuck of a fight." At the root of Kaplan's investigation are a secret trial and its stunning revelations - information that nearly escaped public attention. Only now, years later, is the former prime minister facing a public inquiry that threatens to permanently derail his reputation.

"A Secret Trial" is a scathing indictment of court secrecy and the crumbling ethics and standards of politicians, journalists, the RCMP, and business. In a candid new foreword, Andrew Coyne brings the story up to the minute, arguing that there is no statute of limitations on the public interest in ethical government.

William Kaplan is a lawyer, arbitrator, mediator, and author. His books include Presumed Guilty: Brian Mulroney, the Airbus Affair and the Government of Canada, One More Border: The True Story of One Family's Escape from War-Torn Europe, and Bad Judgment: The Case of Mr. Justice Leo A. Landreville.

"A Secret Trial: Brian Mulroney and the Public Trust" by William Kaplan
Foreward by Andrew Coyne / Afterward by Norman Spector
$19.95 / £11.99   978-0-7735-3460-5   paper 6 x 9   244 pages

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