[+/-] Colin Powell bailing from Bush cartel

Secretary of State Colin Powell has reportedly told top aides he intends to resign from President Bush's Cabinet, high-ranking State Department officials said today. Powell, who long has been rumored planning only a single term with Bush, told his aides that he intends to leave once Bush settles on whom to succeed him, said the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The former chairman of the military Joint Chiefs of Staff lost all credibility after leading the Bush administration's argument at the UN for a military attack to oust Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, arguing a WMD threat that the administration could never prove.