In fairness to the delicate flower Philippe (the aide), the reporter was the first one with the profanity, correctly (IMO) demanding “answers that aren’t bulls**t for once.” That’s wen Miss Philippe went off.
Still, I am stunned that any US official, speaking on the record to press, would ever use this language in an EMAIL. (I sorta could see losing one’s temper and SAYING the words angrily.)
But it does strongly suggest the familiarity between the powers-that-be and their lap dog media. The reporter knows the nature of these people and how much they've been protected by the state media. And there is no respect or fear. They know where the bodies are buried.