Here, John Maher is referring to the fact that the military prosecutor had physically crossed out the names of the Afghan “victims,” who were on the motorcycle, from the charge sheet. The charge sheet is the equivalent of the military’s version of a criminal indictment, officially telling an accused what crime he is being charged with. In this case, they charged Clint with murder of the unnamed Afghans. However, Maher found the names of the “victims” in other parts of the record of trial, which were not crossed out, but which the jury never saw.
