I agree that the U.S looks weak during this whole thing but how is this an issue of freedom of speech? A company chose to pull its product due to a threat, the government didn't force them to pull it or anything, it's their own choice. If you publish a controversial book and get threatened because of it and choose to pull it, it's not a freedom of speech issue because you are pulling your own book (or not pulling it).
I'm a little confused, do they provide any way in which to give an hour of programming help? I don't know anybody who's interested in programming IRL but I would happily help someone having a trouble with something programming related
Or, the authors of Linux/UNIX utilities should have implemented and should be implementing bound checking. It seems excessive to switch languages rather than encourage stronger programming habits.