0 2 . ▁U . S . ▁District ▁Judge ▁Em met ▁G . ▁S ull ivan , ▁in ▁appro ving ▁the ▁settlement , ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁settlement ▁was ▁" tr uly ▁historic " ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁outcome ▁of ▁" a ▁long ▁and ▁historic ▁journey ." ▁ ▁The ▁group ' s ▁views ▁have ▁been ▁sometimes ▁controvers ial : ▁" Some ▁activ ists ▁and ▁law y ers ▁also ▁comp lain ▁that ▁the ▁Part ners hip , ▁in ▁the ▁cr us ade ▁of ▁representing ▁diss ent ers , ▁bro oks ▁no ▁diss ent ." ▁The ▁local ▁American ▁Civil ▁Libert ies ▁Union ▁( AC L U ) ▁chapter ▁was ▁initially ▁co - c oun sel ▁with ▁the ▁PC J F ▁in ▁Be cker ▁v . ▁District ▁of ▁Columbia , ▁a ▁federal ▁law suit ▁for ▁false ▁arrest ▁brought ▁by ▁hundreds ▁of ▁protest ers ▁who ▁were ▁arrested ▁at ▁demonstr ations ▁against ▁the ▁IM F ▁and ▁World ▁Bank ▁in ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁but ▁the ▁groups ▁split ▁over ▁differences ▁in ▁legal ▁tact ics ▁and ▁approaches . ▁The ▁case ▁settled ▁in ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁for ▁$ 1 3 . 7 ▁million . ▁▁ ▁Through ▁a ▁Fre edom ▁of ▁Information ▁Act ▁request , ▁the ▁PC J F ▁obtained ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁a ▁set ▁of ▁F BI ▁documents ▁showing ▁that ▁the ▁F BI ▁counter ter ror ism ▁agents ▁had ▁monitor ed ▁the ▁Occ up y ▁movement . ▁Ver he y den - H illi ard , ▁the ▁executive ▁director , ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁documents