The "independent action" incident involving troops stationed at Udine did not actually cause much of a stir within France.
Primarily because the matter involved collusion between the intelligence department and military officers, which had a very negative impact, Joseph instructed the General Staff to publicly state that General Bonaparte had directed Desai to smuggle and sell military supplies from the Mantua Fortress to the Austrians. Austria also severely punished a large number of officers because of this matter.
Coincidentally, Leao recently exiled a large number of involved officers to the barren mountains of Transylvania, so the news from both sides matched perfectly.
As for the Intelligence Bureau, there was another case: over a hundred agents from the Central European Operations Division engaged in collective embezzlement, with a total amount as high as 150,000 francs.