Dear Reader,
 
Porter and I played golf the other day. And for four hours... neither of us could hit the ball straight.
 
Now listen – we're both dreadful golfers. But that's not what was going on here.
 
We couldn't focus on golf. At all.
 
Not after what we had heard.
 
See, earlier this month Porter had lunch with a confidential source... a guy who pulls the levers of power in Washington – completely behind closed doors.
 
He's been a senior advisor to three presidents... and served the Federal Reserve. He has the has the ear of Congress... the world’s most powerful CEOs... intelligence officials... you name it.
 
Porter refers to this source as the "Metropolitan Man." (We can't identify him by name. At least, not yet.)
 
Over lunch, the Metropolitan Man let Porter in on a terrifying secret.
 
A story about what's really going on in America today.
 
You may not believe this at first. You won't want to believe it.
 
But I promise you, you're going to have a chance to hear the proof.
 
Not from me, but directly from Porter's confidential source – from the Metropolitan Man himself.
 
What's really happening in America today is a secret civil war.
 
You won't hear a word about this civil war on the news. At least not directly.
 
But once you understand it... everything else in the news starts to make sense.
 
The failure of the health care bill... the signs of Russian interference in our elections... the firing of President Trump's first NSA director...

They're the public battle lines in a civil war between Trump and an unseen power structure that's bigger (and more permanent) than any one president.
 
Don't believe me?
 
Just look what a former NSA analyst said on Twitter a few weeks ago:

"Now we go nuclear. [Intelligence community] war going to new levels. Just got an [e-mail from] senior [intelligence community] friend, it began: 'He will die in jail.'"

I can't say how this war will end.
 
But after talking to the Metropolitan Man, Porter believes we're approaching the most dangerous period in our country's political history since the Great Depression.
 
And what happens next is going to affect everything – your money... your retirement... even where it's safe to live.
 
I hope you understand now why Porter and I couldn't shoot straight on the golf course.
 
This story was too big – and too terrifying – to shake from our minds.
 
We left the course early – and got back to work.
 
He and I are putting together an Emergency Briefing for Stansberry readers about this secret civil war... and the shocking events that our source thinks are about to unfold.
 
We'll just be asking the questions, of course.
 
The Metropolitan Man himself will be providing the answers – live.
 
There's no telling what will happen. But I'm virtually certain this will be the most important two hours you spend on anything this year.
 
If you attend this Emergency Briefing, you'll get to hear from the Metropolitan Man directly... and learn his identity.
 
A few folks will have the chance to pay $25,000 to be there in person.
 
But if you want to watch online, the price is just $19.95 to guarantee your seat. We'll even send you the full video afterwards, to keep and refer back to.
 
Click here for details.
 
Regards,
 
Beirne White
Special Projects Director
Stansberry Research