By the time Billy arrived, it was all over. Captain Ellerby, who had contacted Queenan as soon as the arrival of the Feds was announced, had already shown the Feds Billy's true police record. When Queenan, with Billy in tow, arrived, the annoyed Fed's, annoyed because they realised that they were being used, were shown an incriminating photo that Queenan had obtained. Agent Connolly was duly arrested on a plausible (but true) corruption charge and escorted to the cells while his outraged companions where shown the door by armed police. Connolly's interrogation was not expected to yield anything but denials for now. However, Connolly was now under open investigation. Connolly's apartment could now be searched for incriminating information. Connolly's back accounts would be checked just in case there was any bribery to be found. And the bars of his superior, Supervisor Morris, cage would be rattled.
A release demand from Supervisor Morris was not long in coming. Ellerby invited Morris over to discuss the interrogation findings. This was a bluff, as he had denied that Costello had provided the information in Billy, but it worked and soon Morris was in the cells too. And so the bars of his superiors cage were also rattled, while the tale was leaked to the media. This was a rare case of the SIU's leaky walls and wide mouths being of some use. The Feds would soon be under pressure to put their house in order.
In the weeks that followed, Connolly was found to have purchased properties in Boston well above his means, a large boat, not to mention a small fortune in personal male jewellery. Morris was found to have an apartment full of items that he had not brought, although it was never proved that he had sanctioned Connolly to warn Costello about the joint FBI SIU operation to prevent missile technology being sold to the Chinese. Connolly took the rap for that. Finally it was revealed that Costello was not the only crook with whom Connolly and Morris had a corrupt informant relationship with.