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The political corruption case in Alaska is known in the Department of Justice as “POLAR PEN” and more than 50 FBI agents have probably worked on it over the years.

A complaint deemed “sensitive but unclassified” by an FBI whistleblower was released by the federal court today in Washington, D.C.

The agent joined the FBI in August 2003 and has worked for some time on what the unidentified agent called a “sensitive political corruption case, POLAR PEN.” The targets were "federal and state legislators, lobbyists and corporate officials."

The agent claims that others involved in the investigation became “too close” to sources in the case, meeting in their homes and having dinner with them, accepting gifts and disclosing information about FBI internal workings.

The document alleges that six sources were mismanaged by the FBI, but the names of five were blacked out. Bill Allen was the sixth.

There are various charges of mismanagement and the agent says that a supervisor was notified on “multiple occasions” of problems.

Because much of the eight-page document has blacked out sections, it is hard to decipher much of it. The chief allegations deal with handling Veco boss Bill Allen as a source and dealings with Stevens' defense during the trial.

The agent notes that in one instance the agent had to kick another person’s leg under a table to prevent that person from “revealing personal information about me.” The other person was attempting to provide information "without my permission."

The agent also alleges hearing a cell phone call in which a person in authority talked about "our techniques (details like the shock room), what occurred and the results of our efforts."

The agent also claims that a federal official "told Allen that our tech agents performed work in his phone box and on his phone line."

The agent notes that the FBI headquarters officials “are extremely pleased with the success of POLAR PEN. I am concerned about possible retaliation.”

"My efforts to rectify the problems have not been solved by reporting them to management," the agent wrote, adding "I re-read the FBI's core values and found they have not been upheld in the areas mentioned throughout this document."

Read the court document here.