Unfortunately, in the early 1980's the Devil's Advocate was dropped from the process of sainthood. Personally, I can't comprehend why they would drop it. I guess it accounts in part for the huge increase in saints and blesseds under JPII. :-(
Yes, true. I was using the old term metaphorically, but perhaps it might have confused people who hadn't heard that. They still need to comb through the files, I would think, to eliminate candidates with negative indications.