You don't do things behind their back. You're upfront with them. If they do something that's wrong, if they are in trouble, it is your right and obligation as a friend to try to set them straight. You tell them what you have seen, why it's wrong, what needs to be done. That's what friends do.
Friends trust each other.
They share their troubles, their dreams and their good news. This whole sordid business about Linda Tripp and Monica Lewinsky has me worried. In more trouble than we are now. The Cincinnati Enquirer , a Gannett Co. Inc. newspaper.