If not for the deliberate sharing by the IRS of Tea Party/conservatives' information with other government agencies such as ATF, FBI, OSHA, DEA, etc., and with Democrat election activist groups as opposition research, and for harassment/intimidation, I might believe it was just CYA for potential I.D. theft.

It seems clear to me this is not about accidental identity theft, so much as giving themselves the right to use that information as a weapon to cripple their political opposition.
It's deliberate authoritarianism.

Potential identity theft is just the by-product.

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    Liberals who bemoan discrimination, intolerance, restraint of Constitutional freedoms, and promotion of hatred toward various abberant minorities, have absolutely no problem with discriminating against, being intolerant of, restricting Constitutional freedoms of, and directing hate-filled scapegoat rhetoric against conservatives.

    EXACTLY what they accuse Republicans/conservatives of doing, is EXACTLY what liberals/Democrats do themselves, to those who oppose their beliefs.