This is his excuse for not mentioning that all the DNA evidence pointed to people who were NOT named in an indictment. These "unnamed" people who had actually been intimate with the woman were being "protected" from having "their names" dragged through the mud.
Meanwhile, Nifong was dragging the names of the Duke players through the mud.
Exactly!
That's OK, since they are just rich white boys, winners of life's lottery.