Scam artists crack Internet databases, intercept mail or bluff their way past bank tellers and credit bureaus in an attempt to gather Social Security numbers, bank account numbers and other confidential personal information. Armed with that information, they can then apply for credit cards or bank...
applying this general idea in the context of government infrastructures against identity theft this way is in my opinion horribly wrong and naive for a number of reasons, which I'd like to address very briefly.