By TATIANA PROPHET

A journalism professor of mine used the term "bang-up job" as high praise for the very best in journalism.

This article by the Associated Press is just that -- "a bang-up job." Reporters for the AP went the extra mile to uncover the names of government personnel whose personal Gmail accounts were hacked by the notorious hacking ring "Fancy Bear," so named by cyber-security company Crowdstrike because they deduced it came from Russia.