A half dozen general references to things like the New York Times don't count as a source for the claim, since it's totally impractical for someone to track down where you got your information and read more.

> The concrete thing, though a bit curious, does seem to bear out in photos of their ammo dumps and RF's inability to cure a pad before rebar is stolen (WaPo, NYT, and ChrisO_wiki are good on this issue).

However, the reasoning you give here makes the claim more credible, since it makes clear the problem is corruption not technology.