The "people" would be the commander of the Air Force component of the mission who was commander of the Desert 1 landing zone. Colonel James H. Kyle told that in his book "The Guts to Try".
Colonel Beckwith himself told me about wanting to court martial one of the navy pilots, they were replaced eventually. As the Delta Force creator and commander don't say that Beckwith did not have some influence and voice in his own mission although not enough.
Col Kyle told his side, most likely as he was told
I heard it from crew chiefs on the mission, the people who were actualy in the aircraft in question.
So, time for you to listen.