WASHINGTON, Apr. 22, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. authorities arrested an American engineer on Tuesday on suspicion of giving military secrets involving nuclear weapons, fighter jets and air defense missiles to Israel during the 1980s, the Justice Department said.

(Reporting by Randall Mikkelsen; editing by Patricia Wilson)

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