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McVeigh had called the National Alliance several times prior to the bombing.

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1995 Timothy McVeigh, aided by Army pal Terry Nichols, blows up the Oklahoma City federal building, killing 168 people. The day before, officials say, McVeigh called a National Alliance recorded message line seven times.

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"It's on shaky ground," Roy said. "It's gone from 1,500 members (nationwide) to 500 or 600 members. They've gone from 17 paid employees up at their compound down to two or three volunteers."

But while the organization seems to be limping, Roy said it's too early to write it off.

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In decline since the 2002 death of founder William Pierce, the National Alliance has been barely functioning since the spring of 2005. Constant infighting and acrimony directed against the leadership of Erich Gliebe, who took over the group after Pierce died, and Shaun Walker, who became the chief operating officer, culminated in April when Gliebe and Walker purged a number of the group's most-established and active members. The deposed activists formed a new group, National Vanguard, which quickly won the support of some of the organization's local units across the nation - which in many cases have continued to thrive despite turmoil in the national headquarters.