WASHINGTON - I have looked evil in the eye, and here's what the families of the 9/11 dead will see: Gloating goons who lack beating hearts that would ever feel any pang of remorse.

If they can stomach it, the relatives of those slain when Al Qaeda surprised a sleepy America on a beautiful fall day in 2001 will get a front-row seat to view the worst mankind has to offer.

"I would expect that these trials will be open to the public, open to the world and open to the survivors and victims of these heinous acts," Attorney General Eric Holder said Friday.

But the families should be careful what they wish for.

Based on my experience with evildoers, from Lwara, Afghanistan, to Alexandria, Va., and finally down in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Al Qaeda prisoners face justice...