Does Secret Service Get Paid During A Shutdown

Federal agents aren't getting paid during shutdown, but also have to pay for expenses

Terror plot aimed at Washington was thwarted in Georgia amid authorities shutdown

While many families were enjoying Christmas, an hole-and-corner FBI agent was communicating with a man who was suspected of plotting an assault on the White House, courtroom documents show.

It was days after the authorities initially shut downward and the agent was not getting paid. Simply the piece of work resulted in the arrest of Hasher Jallal Taheb, a human in Georgia who federal authorities accused of plotting to assault several prominent locations in Washington, including the White House.

And now as the partial government shutdown is in its 4th week, federal employees are furloughed or not receiving pay for the work they are doing.

But agents and investigators from the FBI, Homeland Security and Secret Service are concerned they won't exist reimbursed in a timely fashion for business expenses.

Don Mihalek, the Clandestine Service representative to the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association confirmed to ABC News that greenbacks advances are not being given out and official credit cards are not being paid for through authorities invoice channels.

"The manner that works is FBI agents have an FBI credit carte but they have to pay the bill," FBI Agents Association spokesperson Paul Nathanson told ABC News. "These agents accept to buy tickets to get overseas and they can't become reimbursed for that money. So not only are they not getting paid, they're putting out money for their jobs and not getting it dorsum until the government opens."

John Cohen, a former acting undersecretary for Intelligence and Analysis at the Department of Homeland Security and an ABC News contributor, said the cost burden has caused low morale for agents.

"In conversations I'grand having with police force enforcement officials, the shutdown has reached the point where it could affect public rubber," Cohen said.