In 1990, Blake published the autobiography "No Other Choice". The book's British publisher had paid him about £60,000 before the government intervened to stop him profiting from sales. (Eventually, the amount seized by the government totalled £90,000.) He later filed a complaint charging the British government with a human rights violation for taking nine years to decide on his case, and was awarded £5,000 in compensation by the European Court of Human Rights. In 1991, Blake testified by video recording when Randle and Pottle were put on trial for aiding his escape. They were acquitted. In an interview with NBC News in 1991, Blake said he regretted the deaths of the agents he had betrayed.