Colin Powell's chief of staff made news this week by predicting that his boss won't be back for the second term. More interesting than prognostications about the Secretary of State's future are Larry Wilkerson's candid criticisms of other members of the administration.

"I call them utopians," explained Wilkerson of the war party seeking a mini-America in the Middle East. "I don't care whether utopians are Vladimir Lenin on a sealed train to Moscow or Paul Wolfowitz. Utopians, I don't like. You're never going to bring utopia, and you're going to hurt a lot of people in the process of trying to do it."

The Bush Administration has had its share of disgruntled ex-employees--among them Richard Clarke, Paul O'Neill, and John DiIulio. But the frank and biting assessments appearing in GQ come from someone still on the payroll. Will the administration unleash the attack dogs on one of their own?