I assume the identification has already been made. The person just hasn't been charged due to lack of evidence (of course that hasn't stopped Nifong previously from making arrests). I'm not so cynical as to believe Nifong would allow her to ID someone NOW.
lol--I hope his standard for evidence has gone up a little!
The leak was that she was 90% on the third person.
He allowed the other IDs to be made 4 weeks after the event, and after the identities and photographs of the lacrosse team had been highly publicized. Frankly, it's not any less prejudicial to let her make an ID now than it was 4 weeks after the event.
I wonder whether the accuser's circle of friends had access to the party photos somehow before she made her IDs. The picture of Reade is very clear and distinctive, and he has a face that is not easily confused for someone else. Perhaps the accuser's side paid off a paralegal or secretary in a defense lawyer's office, got certain that he was at the party from the photos, was from a wealthy family, he had scratch marks on his body, and decided to go with him.
The 2 IDs made to date were, according to news reports, made from a photo lineup consisting only of Duke lacrosse players.
So I think you are giving the police investigators and the DA too much credit, and underestimating the animus driving the race baiters surrounding the accuser. The stakes are high for them, they are playing for keeps, and I think it would be a mistake to put anything past them in this case.